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Saccharina groenlandica (Rosenvinge) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Laminariales
Family Laminariaceae
Genus Saccharina

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Cape Blanco, Oregon; Dec. 2011, drift. 13 Feb 2012. Wendell Wood. © Wendell Wood .

Saccharina groenlandica (Rosenvinge) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders Cape Blanco, Oregon; Dec. 2011, drift

Publication details
Saccharina groenlandica (Rosenvinge) 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 name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Laminaria groenlandica Rosenvinge

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), from or pertaining to Greenland.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Laminaria groenlandica Rosenvinge 1893

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Laminaria cuneifolia J.Agardh 1868
Saccharina subsimplex (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Widdowson, S.C.Lindstrom & P.W.Gabrielson 2006
Saccharina bongardiana f. subsimplex (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I.Hansen 2007

General environment
This is a marine species.

Distribution by country

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

(as Laminaria groenlandica Rosenvinge)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Taylor 1957, Lee 1980).

Atlantic Islands: E. Greenland (Lund 1959).

North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989, Lane et al. 2006), California (Scagel et al. 1989), Labrador (Taylor 1957), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

(as Saccharina groenlandica (Rosenvinge) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders)
North America: Alaska (Lindeberg & Lindstrom 2010), British Columbia (McDevit & Saunders 2010), Manitoba (McDevit & Saunders 2010), New Brunswick (McDevit & Saunders 2010), Newfoundland (McDevit & Saunders 2010), Nova Scotia (McDevit & Saunders 2010).

(as Saccharina subsimplex (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Widdowson, S.C.Lindstrom & P.W.Gabrielson)
North America: Washington (Galloway et al. 2012).

(as Saccharina bongardiana f. subsimplex (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I.Hansen)
Asia: Russia (Selivanova, Zhigadlova & Hansen 2007).

Key references
Lindeberg, M.R. & Lindstrom, S.C. (2010). Field guide to the seaweeds of Alaska. pp. [i-]iii-iv, 1-188, numerous col. photographs. Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program.

McDevit, D.C. & Saunders, G.W. (2010). A DNA barcode examination of the Laminariaceae (Phaeophyceae) in Canada reveals novel biogeographical and evolutionary insights. Phycologia 49(3): 235-248.

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

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=Saccharina&Species=groenlandica

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 02 June 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 October 2010 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1927 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=129139

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:78171

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