Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromobiota
Infrakingdom Heterokonta
Phylum Heterokontophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Laminariales
Family Laminariaceae
Genus Saccharina

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Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; bullations on surface of lamina. 18 Apr 2003. M.D. Guiry.

Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland; surface of the frond showing bullations. 04 Aug 2002. M.D. Guiry.

New Quay, Co. Clare, Ireland; plants at MLWS with Ulva (Sea Lettuce). 29 Mar 2002. M.D. Guiry.

New Quay, Co. Clare, Ireland; plants at MLWS. 29 Mar 2002. M.D. Guiry.

Mud Cove, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Colin Bates.

Bamfield, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; mature plants on ropes in kelp farm. M.D. Guiry.

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Publication details
Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders 2006: 509

Original publication: Lane, C.E., Mayes, C., Druehl, L.D. & Saunders, G.W. (2006). A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization. Journal of Phycology 42: 493-512.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Saccharina is Saccharina plana Stackhouse.

Status of name
This is regarded as a current name.

Basionym
Ulva latissima Linnaeus

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names

(as Laminaria saccharina (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux)
English: Sea Belt (Dickinson 1963), Sugar Wrack (Dickinson 1963).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ulva latissima Linnaeus)
Ireland: Antrim (McMillan & Morton 1979), Cork (Renouf 1931), Dublin (Sanders 1860).

Europe: Ireland (Sanders 1860, McMillan & Morton 1979).

Africa: Mauritius (Børgesen 1946).

Asia: Korea (Lee & Kang 2001).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Chapman 1956).

(as Fucus saccharinus Linnaeus)
Ireland: Dublin (Anonymous 1818), Wexford (Tighe 1803).

Europe: Ireland (Tighe 1803, Anonymous 1818).

(as Fucus phyllitis Stackhouse)
Ireland: Wexford (Tighe 1803).

Europe: Ireland (Tighe 1803).

(as Ulva lactuca var. latissima (Linnaeus) A.P. De Candolle)
Europe: Balearic Islands (Rodríguez y Femenías 1889), Britain (Newton 1931), Spain (Lázaro Ibiza 1889, Fischer-Piette, C. & Seoane Camba, J. (1962), Seoane-Camba 1965).

Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960).

North America: Florida (Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974), Mississippi (Taylor 1960), Texas (Taylor 1960).

Central America: Costa Rica (Taylor 1960), Panama (Taylor 1960, Wysor & Kooistra 2003).

Caribbean Islands: Alabama (Taylor 1960), Bahamas (Taylor 1960), Barbados (Taylor 1960), Caicos Islands (Taylor 1960), Cuba (Taylor 1960), Hispaniola (Taylor 1960), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960), Puerto Rico (Taylor 1960), Trinidad (Taylor 1960).

South America: Brazil (Taylor 1930, Taylor 1960), Chile (Taylor 1939), Colombia (Taylor 1960), Falkland Islands (Taylor 1939), Venezuela (Taylor 1960).

Africa: Egypt (Papenfuss 1968).

South-west Asia: Jordan (Papenfuss 1968), Yemen (Papenfuss 1968).

Asia: Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990).

Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica (Papenfuss 1964).

(as Laminaria saccharina (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Taylor 1957, Lee 1980).

Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Clare (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Maggs 1983, Whelan & Cullinane 1985), Cork (Renouf 1931, Cullinane 1971, Guiry 1978, Cullinane & Whelan 1983, Frid & Kitching 1988), Derry (Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1974, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994, Boaden 1995), Dublin (Sanders 1860, Guiry 1978), Galway (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, Maggs 1983), Kerry (Guiry 1978), Leitrim (Cullinane 1970, Guiry 1978), Louth (Synnott 1969, Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Waterford (Guiry 1978), Wexford (Cotton 1913, Parkes & Scannell 1969, Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).

Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Newton 1931, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Denmark (Larsen & Sand-Jensen 2006), E. Greenland (Lund 1959, Pedersen 1976), Faroes (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Feldmann 1954, Coppejans 1995, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Germany (Hünken et al 2005), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972), Ireland (Adams 1907, Cotton 1912, Cotton 1913, Cullinane 1971, Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Maggs 1983, Whelan & Cullinane 1985, Morton 1994), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Norway (Rueness 1997), Portugal (De Mesquita Rodrigues 1963, Ardré 1970, Araújo, Bárbara & Sousa-Pinto in press), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1934, Anadón 1983, Pérez-Cirera 1989, Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Peña & Bárbara 2002, Bárbara et al. 2005), Sweden (Kylin 1947).

Atlantic Islands: Madeira (Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001, John et al. 2004).

North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), Aleutian Islands (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989, Druehl et al 2005), California (Scagel et al. 1989, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), Labrador (Taylor 1957), Maine (Mathieson et al. 2001), Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), New Brunswick (Lane et al. 2006), New Hampshire (Mathieson & Hehre 1986, Mathieson & Dawes 2002), Newfoundland (Taylor 1957), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Quebec (Taylor 1957), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

(as Laminaria phyllitis (Stackhouse) C. Agardh)
Ireland: Antrim (Drummond 1837).

Europe: Ireland (Drummond 1837).

(as Laminaria saccharina var. latissima C. Agardh)
Ireland: Mayo (Cotton 1912).

Europe: Britain (Newton 1931), Ireland (Cotton 1912).

(as Laminaria saccharina var. bullata C. Agardh)
Europe: Sweden (Kylin 1947).

(as Laminaria caperata Bachelot de la Pylaie)
Europe: Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996).

(as Laminaria saccharina f. ß phyllitis (Stackhouse) J.P. Jones & J.F.Kingston)
North America: Maine (Taylor 1957).

(as Laminaria saccharina var. phyllitis (Stackhouse) Le Jolis)
Ireland: Cork (Renouf 1931), Mayo (Cotton 1912).

Europe: Britain (Newton 1931), Ireland (Cotton 1912).

(as Laminaria cuneifolia J. Agardh)
North America: Labrador (Taylor 1957), Quebec (Taylor 1957).

(as Laminaria saccharina f. linearis J. Agardh)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

Asia: Korea (Lee & Kang 2001).

(as Laminaria hieroglyphica J. Agardh)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

(as Laminaria saccharina var. caperata (De la Pylaie) Farlow)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

(as Laminaria saccharina f. linearis (J.Agardh) Foslie)
Asia: Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).

(as Laminaria saccharina var. sublaevis Kjellman)
Europe: Sweden (Kylin 1947).

(as Laminaria saccharina f. caperata (De la Pylaie) Setchell)
North America: Maine (Taylor 1957), Miquelon (Taylor 1957).

(as Laminaria faeroensis (Børgesen) Børgesen)
Europe: Faroes (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).

(as Laminaria phyllopus Kjellman)
Europe: Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996).

(as Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders)
Europe: France (Loiseaux-de Goër & Noailles 2008), Portugal (Araujo et al. 2009).

Asia: Russia (Selivanova, Zhigadlova & Hansen 2007).

Key references
Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 185 samples identified as Saccharina latissima.

Created: 01 June 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 10 November 2008 by M.D. Guiry

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