Sargassopsis decurrens (R.Brown ex Turner) Trevisan
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Sargassopsis
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Cassini Island, north Kimberley, Western Australia. 25 May 2011. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).
Sargassopsis decurrens (R.Brown ex Turner) Trevisan Cassini Island, north Kimberley, Western Australia
Publication details
Sargassopsis decurrens (R.Brown ex Turner) Trevisan 1843: 332
Original publication: [Trevisan, V.B.A.] (1843). Synopsis generum algarum. Atti della Quarta Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani 4: 332-335.
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Type species
This is the type species (non designatus) of the genus Sargassopsis.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus decurrens R.Brown ex Turner
Type information
Type locality: "North shores of New Holland" (Womersley 1954: 344). Type: BM (Womersley 1987: 421).
Origin of species name
Participle B (Latin), running down, e.g. a leaf prolonged beyond the point of insertion and running down the stem.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus decurrens R.Brown ex Turner 1811
Sargassum decurrens (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh 1820
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sargassum peronii C.Agardh 1820
Pterocaulon peronii (C.Agardh) Kützing 1843
Sargassopsis peronii (C.Agardh) Trevisan 1843
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum decurrens (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh)
South-west Asia: Bahrain (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Kuwait (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Qatar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Saudi Arabia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Phillips 1995), Houtman Abrolhos (Huisman 1997), New South Wales (Mattio & Payri 2009), Queensland (Lewis 1985, Womersley 1987, Cribb 1996, Phillips 1997, Huisman 2000, Phillips 2002, Mattio & Payri 2009, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1987), Western Australia (Womersley 1987, Huisman & Walker 1990, Huisman 2000, Huisman & Borowitzka 2003).
Pacific Islands: New Caledonia (Noro & Abbott 1994, Mattio & Payri 2009).
(as Sargassum peronii C.Agardh)
South-west Asia: Pakistan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Phillips 1995), Northern Territory (Lewis 1985), Queensland (Lewis 1985, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), Western Australia (Huisman & Walker 1990, Dixon et al. 2012).
(as Sargassopsis peronii (C.Agardh) Trevisan)
Australia and New Zealand: Northern Territory (Womersley 1958).
(as Sargassopsis decurrens (R.Brown ex Turner) Trevisan)
Australia and New Zealand: Western Australia (Dixon et al. 2012).
Pacific Islands: New Caledonia (Dixon et al. 2012).
Source of synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Ballesteros, E., Rousseau, F. & Thibaut, T. (2010). DNA sequence data demonstrate the polyphyly of the genus Cystoseira and other Sargassaceae genera (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1329-1345.
Key references
Dixon, R.R.M., Huisman, J.M., Buchanan, J., Gurgel, C.F.D. & Spencer, P. (2012). A morphological and molecular study of austral Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) supports the recognition of Phyllotricha at genus level, with further additions to the genus Sargassopsis. Journal of Phycology 48(5): 1119-1129.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sargassopsis&species=decurrens
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=Sargassopsis&Species=decurrens
Created: 30 July 2010 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 05 December 2012 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 374 times since it was created.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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 26 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:98587
