Fucus turbinatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1160. 1753.

"Habitat in America rupibus marinis." RCN: 8282, 8307.

Lectotype (Irvine in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): [icon] " Fucus marinus vesiculas habens membranis extantibus alatas" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 58, t. 20, f. 6. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 1: 6 (BMSL) .

Current name: Turbinaria turbinata (L.) Kuntze ( Sargassaceae).