Fucus furcellatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1631. 1763.

"Habitat in Oceano Anglico." RCN: 8298, 8336.

Lectotype (Athanasiadis, Taxon. Litt. Biogeogr. Skand. Rödalg . Brunalg.: 59. 1996): [icon] " Fucus parvus segmentis praelongis teretibus acutis " in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 3: 648, s. 15, t. 9, f. 4. 1699.

Current name: Furcellaria lumbricalis (Huds.) J.V. Lamour. ( Furcellariaceae).

Note: See comments by Waern (in Acta Phytogeog. Suec. 30: 185-190. 1952), Drew (in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 749. 1958) and Dixon & Irvine (Seaweeds Brit. Isles 1: 181. 1977).