Sargassum hystrix J.Agardh

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Sargassum

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Publication details
Sargassum hystrix J.Agardh 1847: 7

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1847). Nya alger från Mexico. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Adademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 4: 5-17.
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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.

Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Sargassum Section Sargassum

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), porpucine-like, bristly or spiny (Neal 1993).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Carpacanthus spinulosus Kützing 1861

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Campeche Bank, Mexico (Matteo et al. 2010: 901). Lectotype: Liebmann; C AT1353 (Matteo et al. 2010: 901).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum hystrix J.Agardh)
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960).

North America: Florida (Taylor 1960), Mexico (Taylor 1960).

Central America: Belize (Norris & Bucher 1982), Costa Rica (Taylor 1960), Panama (Wysor & De Clerck 2003).

Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Barbados (Taylor 1969), Cuba (Taylor 1960, Suárez 2005), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Puerto Rico (Taylor 1960), Trinidad (Taylor 1960, Richardson 1975), Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan & Lee Lum 2006), Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Brazil (Taylor 1960, Oliveira Filho 1977, Villaca et al. 2010, Menezes Széchy & Paula 2010), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Senegal (John et al. 2004), Sierra Leone (John et al. 2004).

Taxonomic notes
Formerly in section Acanthocarpicae. - (9 Aug 2010) - Wendy Guiry

Key references
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

Matteo, L., Payri, C.E., Verlaque, M. & Reviers, B. de (2010). Taxonomic revision of Sargassum sect. Acanthocarpicae (Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Taxon 59(3): 896-904, 2 figs.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sargassum&species=hystrix

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=hystrix

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 29 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 15 August 2012 by Michael Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1513 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=11418

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71950