Fucus rubens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1162. 1753.

"Habitat in Oceano." RCN: 8295, 8348.

Lectotype (Dixon in Bot. Not. 117: 57. 1964): Herb. A. van Royen No. 910.128-1044 (L) .

Current name: Phycodrys rubens (L.) Batters ( Delesseriaceae).

Note: See review by Wynne (in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21: 330. 1997), rebutting a suggestion by Silva & al. (in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 79: 906. 1996) that the name should be superseded.