Cystoseira foeniculacea

Cystoseira foeniculacea
C. foeniculacea f. schiffneri
Scientific classification
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Genus: Cystoseira
Species: C. foeniculacea
Binomial name
Cystoseira foeniculacea
(L.) Grev.
Synonyms [1]
  • Cystoseira abrotanifolia (L.) C.Agardh
  • Cystoseira concatenata (L.) C.Agardh
  • Cystoseira discors (L.) C.Agardh
  • Cystoseira ercegovicii Giaccone
  • Fucus abrotanifolius L.
  • Fucus barbatus L.
  • Fucus concatenatus L.
  • Fucus foeniculaceus L.
  • Fucus discors L.
  • Phyllacantha concatenata (L.) Kützing

Cystoseira foeniculacea is a species of brown alga in the genus Cystoseira.

Description

Cystoseira foeniculacea forms tufts up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long, attached to the substrate with a broad disc-shaped holdfast.[2] It has many cryptostomata, and conceptacles that may be male, female or both.[3] Up to 12 oogonia may develop in each conceptacle. The proximity of the oogonia and the antheridia strongly suggest that C. foeniculacea self-fertilises.[3]

Distribution

Cystoseira foeniculacea is found in the mid-littoral zone and in other sheltered places, from the British Isles to Senegal, and in the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Taxonomy

Cystoseira foeniculacea was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his seminal 1753 work Species Plantarum, under the name "Fucus foeniculaceus". Three other species described by Linnaeus were also later determined to refer to the same species by Dawson Turner, who chose the epithet "foeniculacea" as the valid name (under the "principle of the first reviser").[4] The vernacular name "bushy feather wrack" has been proposed for this species.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Michael D. Guiry (2015). M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry, eds. "Cystoseira foeniculacea". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 Leonel Pereira (2015). "Seaweed flora of the European North Atlantic and Mediterranean". In Se-Kwon Kim. Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology. Springer. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-3-642-53971-8.
  3. 1 2 A. E. Else Dawson (1941). "Some observations on Cystoseira foeniculacea (L.) Grev. emend. Sauvageau". New Phytologist. 40 (4): 316–325. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1941.tb07054.x. JSTOR 2428856.
  4. ↑ Margaret Roberts (1968). "Studies on marine algae of the British Isles. 6. Cystoseira foeniculacea (Linnaeus) Greville". British Phycological Bulletin. 3 (3): 547–564. doi:10.1080/00071616800650171.
  5. ↑ M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry. "Cystoseira foeniculacea (Linnaeus) Greville". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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