Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Subphylum Phaeista > Infraphylum Limnista > Superclass Fucistia > Class Phaeophyceae > Order Fucales > Family Fucaceae > Genus Fucus

Fucus serratus Linnaeus, 1753

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fucus*	Linnaeus, 1753	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: savtang sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gezaagde zee-eik; zaagwier sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Sheridan, S.; Massin, C. (1998). Guide de la faune et flore sous-marine de Zelande. Commission Scientifique LIFRAS. 320 pp.

English: serrated wrack; toothed wrack sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

English-United States: Toothed Wrack sources: Charles Hussey

French: fucus dentelé; varech denticulé sources: Sheridan, S.; Massin, C. (1998). Guide de la faune et flore sous-marine de Zelande. Commission Scientifique LIFRAS. 320 pp.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: Sägetang

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. 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
basis of record	Algaebase
additional source	Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p.
additional source	Taylor, W.R. 1957. Marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America. The University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor. viii + 509 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Link To Algaebase

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Guiry, M.D. (2011). Fucus serratus Linnaeus, 1753. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2011). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145546