Sargassum furcatum Kützing
Publication details
Sargassum furcatum Kützing 1843: 362
Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange... Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sargassum is Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), forked, furcate (Stearn 1992).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sargassum vulgare f. furcatum (Kützing) J.Agardh 1889
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: St Thomas, Virgin Islands
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum furcatum Kützing)
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Anon 2011), Salvage Islands (Parente et al. 2000, John et al. 2004).
North America: Mexico (Taylor 1960).
Central America: Veracruz (State) (Robinson, Galicia-García & Okolodkov 2012).
Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Netherlands Antilles (Taylor 1960), Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan & Lee Lum 2006), Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
South America: Brazil (Taylor 1960, Pereira et al. 2010, Menezes Széchy & Paula 2010), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).
Africa: Morocco (Flores-Moya & Conde 1998).
South-east Asia: Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987, Phillips 1995).
Key references
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia 45: 1-508.
Kilar, J.A., Hanisak, M.D. & Yoshida, T. (1992). On the expression of phenotypic variability: why is Sargassum so taxonomically difficult?. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to Pacific and Western Atlantic species. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.3, pp. 95-117. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College.
Phillips, N. (1995). Biogeography of Sargassum (Phaeophyta) in the Pacific basin. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.5, pp. 107-145. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sargassum&species=furcatum
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Sargassum&Species=furcatum
Created: 29 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 June 2012 by Michael Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Moreira, L. & Suárez, A.M. (2002). Estudio del género Sargassum C. Agardh, 1820 (Phaeophyta, Fucales, Sargassaceae) en aguas cubanas. 1. Sargassum furcatum Kützing, 1843, nuevo registro . Rev. Invest. Mar. 23(1): 53-54.
Pereira, R.C. & Yoneshigue-Valentin, Y. (1999). The role of polyphenols from the tropical brown alga Sargassum furcatum on the feeding by amphipod herbivores. Botanica Marina 441-448: .
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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71951
