Fucus elongatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1159. 1753.

"Habitat inter Angliam & Hispaniam." RCN: 8273, 8321.

Lectotype (Setchell in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 16: 358. 1931): Löfling s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 1274.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Himanthalia elongata (L.) Gray ( Himanthaliaceae).