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WoRMS name details

Fauchea Bory de Saint-Vincent & Montagne, 1846

AphiaID

144240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144240)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Gloiocladia J.Agardh, 1842

Rank

Genus

Parent

Faucheaceae Strachan, G.W.Saunders & Kraft, 1999

Synonymised names

Gloiodermatopsis Lindauer, 1949 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (31)

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Species Fauchea lacininata
Species Fauchea madagascariensis Farghaly, 1980
Species Fauchea mortensenii Weber-van Bosse, 1926
Species Fauchea multipartita Frauenfeld, 1855 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
Species Fauchea californica (J.Agardh) Farlow, 1902 accepted as Binghamia californica J.Agardh, 1899
Species Fauchea coronata (Harvey) J.Agardh, 1876 accepted as Faucheopsis coronata (Harvey) Kylin, 1931 (synonym)
Species Fauchea crispa W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Microphyllum crispum (W.R.Taylor) E.Y.Dawson, 1963 (synonym)
Species Fauchea fryeana Setchell, 1912 accepted as Gloiocladia fryeana (Setchell) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007
Species Fauchea furcellata Baardseth, 1941 accepted as Gloiocladia furcellata (Baardseth) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007
Species Fauchea galapagensis W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Gloiocladia galapagensis (W.R.Taylor) N. Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007
Species Fauchea gardneri Setchell, 1901 accepted as Fryeella gardneri (Setchell) Kylin, 1931
Species Fauchea guiryi O.N.Selivanova, 2008 accepted as Gloiocladia guiryi (O.N.Selivanova) O.N.Selivanova, 2009
Species Fauchea hassleri M.A.Howe & W.R.Taylor, 1931 accepted as Gloiocladia hassleri (M.Howe & W.R.Taylor) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007 (synonym)
Species Fauchea hoshawii E.Y.Dawson, 1966 accepted as Gloiocladia hoshawii (E.Y.Dawson) J.N.Norris, 2014
Species Fauchea laciniata J.Agardh, 1885 accepted as Gloiocladia laciniata (J.Agardh) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007
Species Fauchea leptophylla Segawa, 1941 accepted as Leptofauchea leptophylla (Segawa) Mas.Suzuki, Nozaki, R.Terada, Kitayama, Tetsu.Hashimoto & Yoshizaki, 2012 (synonym)
Species Fauchea media Kylin, 1941 accepted as Gloiocladia laciniata (J.Agardh) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007
Species Fauchea microspora Bornet ex Rodríguez y Femenías, 1889 accepted as Gloiocladia microspora (Bornet ex J.J.Bornet ex Rodríguez y Femenías) N.Sánchez & C.Rodríguez-Prieto ex Berecibar, M.J.Wynne, Barbara & R.Santos, 2009 (synonym)
Species Fauchea mollis M.A.Howe, 1911 accepted as Gloiocladia mollis (M.Howe) J.N.Norris, 2014
Species Fauchea nitophylloides J.Agardh, 1855 accepted as Leptofauchea nitophylloides (J.Agardh) Kylin, 1931 (synonym)
Species Fauchea peltata W.R.Taylor, 1942 accepted as Asteromenia peltata (W.R.Taylor) Huisman & A.J.K.Millar, 1996 (synonym)
Species Fauchea procumbens Weber-van Bosse, 1928 accepted as Gloiocladia procumbens (Weber-van Bosse) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007
Species Fauchea profunda Børgesen, 1944 accepted as Gloiocladia profunda (Borgesen) N. Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007 (synonym)
Species Fauchea pygmaea (Setchell & Gardner) Kylin, 1941 accepted as Gloiocladia laciniata (J.Agardh) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007
Species Fauchea repens (C.Agardh) Montagne & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1846 accepted as Gloiocladia repens (C.Agardh) N.Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007 (synonym)
Species Fauchea rhizophylla W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Sciadophycus stellatus E.Y.Dawson, 1945 (synonym)
Species Fauchea sefferi M.A.Howe, 1911 accepted as Gloiocladia sefferi (M.Howe) J.N.Norris, 2014
Species Fauchea setchellii (Lindauer) D.E.G.Irvine & Guiry, 1980 accepted as Gloiocladia setchellii (Lindauer) Cormaci, G.Furnari & Alongi, 2021
Species Fauchea spinulosa Okamura & Segawa, 1935 accepted as Gloiocladia spinulosa (Okamura & Segawa) N.Sánchez & C.Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007 (synonym)
Species Fauchea stipitata Yamada & Segawa, 1941 accepted as Gloiocladia stipitata (Yamada & Segawa) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007
Species Fauchea xishaensis B.-M.Xia & Y.-Q.Zhang, 2000 accepted as Gloiocladia xishaensis (B.M.Xia & Y.Q.Wang) Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2007

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8257

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8257 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Fauchea Bory de Saint-Vincent & Montagne, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144240 on 2026-08-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Guiry, Michael D.

2009-01-26 09:21:38Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-07-05 12:00:47Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]