Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae > Subclass Fucophycidae > Order Fucales > Family Fucaceae

Fucus Linnaeus, 1753

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus, 1753
Fucus cottonii M.J.Wynne & Magne, 1991
Fucus dichotomus Sauvageau, 1915
Fucus distichus Linnaeus, 1767
Fucus radicans L.Bergström & L.Kautsky, 2005
Fucus serratus Linnaeus, 1753
Fucus spiralis Linnaeus, 1753
Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus, 1753
Fucus virsoides J.Agardh, 1868

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒバマタ属

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
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
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Fucus Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144129