Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromobiota
Infrakingdom Heterokonta
Phylum Heterokontophycophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Sargassum
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Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Hideki Haga. © Hideki Haga.
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Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University
Publication details
Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell 1931: 248
Original publication: Setchell, W.A. (1931). Hong Kong seaweeds, II. Hong Kong Naturalist 2: 237-253, 41 figs.
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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.
Basionym
Cystophyllum fusiforme Harvey
Type information
Type locality: Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (Silva 1996-to date). Type: Charles Wright; (Silva 1996-to date
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Bactrophycus Section Hizikia
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cystophyllum fusiforme Harvey 1860
Turbinaria fusiformis (Harvey) Yendo 1907
Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura 1932
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell)
Asia: China (Tseng 1984), Hong Kong (Setchell 1931), Japan (Terasaki et al. 2009).
(as Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura)
Asia: China (Tseng & Lu 2000), Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998, Stiger et al. 2004), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Cho et al. 2006, Lee 2008).
Key references
Stiger, V., Horiguchi, T., Yoshida, T., Coleman, A.W. & Masuda, M. (2003). Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae), inferred from it ITS nrDNA, with an emphasis on the taxonomic revision of the genus. Phycological Research 51(1): 1-10.
Tseng, C.K. & Lu, B. (2004). Some new species of the holozygocarpic Sargassum from the South China Sea. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to the Pacific and other locations Volume IX. (Abbott, I.A. & McDermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.9, pp. 81-92.
Yoshida, T. (1998). Marine algae of Japan. pp. [1-2], 1-25, 1-1222. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing Co., Ltd..
SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 07 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 29 August 2006 by M.D. Guiry
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