Fucus crispus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 718; Mantissa Plantarum: 134. 1767, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Oceano Atlantico. Koenig." RCN: 8344.

Lectotype (Brodie in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): Herb. Linn. No. 1274.68, top specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Chondrus crispus Stackh. ( Gigartinaceae).

Note: A later homonym of Fucus crispus Huds. (Fl. Anglica: 472. 1762), and hence illegitimate.