Sargassum swartzii C.Agardh

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

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1. Fragment with vesicles. 2. Upper portion of branches. 3. Upper subtidal (Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam).. 09 Mar 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova. © Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru).

Nitophyllum durvillei (Bory de Saint-Vincent) J.Agardh

Sargassum swartzii C.Agardh 1. Fragment with vesicles. 2. Upper portion of branches. 3. Upper subtidal (Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam).

Publication details
Sargassum swartzii C.Agardh 1820: 11

Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1820 '1821'). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum. Pars prima. pp. [i-iv], [1]-168. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
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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 Binderianae

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sargassum spathulifolium J.Agardh 1848
Sargassum wightii Greville ex J.Agardh 1848
Sargassum acutifolium Greville 1849

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Distribution by country

Type information
Type locality: India (Matteo et al. 2010: 902). Lectotype: BM 563461 (Matteo et al. 2010: 902). Notes: Lectotype designated by Matteo et al. (2010: 902).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum swartzii C.Agardh)
Africa: Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007).

Indian Ocean Islands: Andaman Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Indian Ocean (Noro, Ajisaka & Yoshida 1994), Nicobar Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: Bahrain (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Iran (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Pakistan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Persian Gulf (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984, Tseng & Baoren 1995, Tseng & Lu 2000), Hong Kong (Setchell 1931, Tseng & Baoren 1995), Japan (Phillips 1995), Korea (Phillips 1995), Taiwan (Yoshida 1988, Anon. 2012, Anon. 2012).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Phillips 1995, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Malaysia (Ajisaka 2002), Singapore (Pham et al. 2011), Thailand (Ajisaka 2002, Coppejans et al. 2011, Tsutsui et al. 2012), Vietnam (Pham-Hoàng 1969, Phillips 1995, Tsutsui et al. 2005, Dai 2007).

Australia and New Zealand: Papua New Guinea (Mattio & Payri 2009), Queensland (Lewis 1985, Noro, Ajisaka & Yoshida 1994, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Mattio & Payri 2009, Bostock & Holland 2010).

Pacific Islands: New Caledonia (Mattio & Payri 2009).

(as Sargassum spathulifolium J.Agardh)
Africa: Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005).

South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Malaysia (Phillips 1995), Singapore (Teo & Wee 1983, Phillips 1995, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Pham et al. 2011).

Pacific Islands: New Caledonia (Phillips 1995).

(as Sargassum wightii Greville ex J.Agardh)
Africa: Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007).

Indian Ocean Islands: Andaman Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Christmas Island (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Indian Ocean (Noro, Ajisaka & Yoshida 1994), Nicobar Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001, Arunkumar et al 2005, Athiperumalsami et al. 2010, Suryanarayanan et al. 2010), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Asia: China (Tseng & Baoren 1995, Tseng & Lu 2000).

South-east Asia: Malaysia (Phillips 1995, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

(as Sargassum acutifolium Greville)
Asia: China (Tseng & Baoren 1995, Tseng & Lu 2000).

Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Sargassum acinaria has been misapplied to this species by various authors - please consult original reference for full listing. According to Noro et al., Fucus swartzii Turner 1819 is the basionym of Sargassum swartzii (Turner) C. Agardh 1820.

Included in section Binderianae by Matteo et al. 2010 (formerly in section Acanthocarpicae). - (11 Aug 2010) - Wendy Guiry

Nomenclatural notes
Yoshida (1988: 7) cites the authority for this species as (Turner) C. Agardh. Noro et al. (1994) cite the authority for this species as (Turner) C. Agardh, 1820. Tseng & Lu (1995) and Ajisaka (2002) cite the authority for this species as (Turner) C. A. Agardh, 1824: 296.

Source of synonymy
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.

Key references
Ajisaka, T. (2002). Sargassum specimens from Singapore and Malaysia in the Herbarium of the Bishop Museum. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species. Vol. VIII. (Abbott, I.A. & Mcdermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.8, pp. 77-88. La Jolla: California Sea Grant College.

Ajisaka, T. (2002). Sargassum specimens from Singapore and Malaysia in the Herbarium of the Bishop Museum. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species. Vol. VIII. (Abbott, I.A. & Mcdermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.8, pp. 77-88. La Jolla: California Sea Grant College.

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

Mattio, L. & Payri, C.E. (2009). Taxonomic revision of Sargassum species (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from New Caledonia based on morphological and molecular analyses. Journal of Phycology 45(6): 1374-1388.

Noro, T., Ajisaka, T. & Yoshida, T. (1994). Species of Sargassum subgenus Sargassum (Fucales) with compressed primary branches. In: Taxonomy of economic seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.4, pp. 23-31. La Jolla: California Sea Grant College Program.

Phillips, N. (1995). Biogeography of Sargassum (Phaeophyta) in the Pacific basin. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.5, pp. 107-145. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.

Titlyanov, E.A. & Titlyanov, T.V. (2012). Marine plants of the Asian Pacific Region countries, their use and cultivation. pp. [1]-376, many col. photographs. Vladivostok: Dalnauka & A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Tseng, C.K. & Baoran, L (1995). Studies on the glomerulate Sargassum of China: I. The series Binderiana. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.5, pp. 67-74. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.

Tseng, C.K. & Baoren, L (1995). Studies on the glomerulate Sargassum of China: II. The species group Swartzia. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.5, pp. 75-92. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.

Yoshida, T. (1988). Japanese and Taiwanese species of Sargassum subgenus Sargassum. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.2, pp. 5-21.

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

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=swartzii

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Created: 07 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 February 2013 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Chauhan, V.D. & Krishnamurthy, V. (1966). Observations on the output of oospores, their liberation, viability and germination in Sargassum swartzii (Turn.) C. Ag. Salt Research and Industry 3(Abstract): 11.
Chauhan, V.D. & Krishnamurthy, V. (1967). Observations on the output of oospores, their liberation, viability and germination in Sargassum swartzii (Turn.) C. Ag. In: Proceedings of the Sminar on Sea, Salt and Plants...Bhavnagar...1965. (Krishnamurthy, V. Eds), pp. 1§97-201. Bhavnagar, India:
Chauhan, V.D. & Krishnamurthy, V. (1972). Ecology and seasonal succession of Sargassum swartzii (Turn.) C. Ag. in Indian waters. Phykos 10: 1-11, 16 figs, 2 tables.
Chauhan, V.D. (1972). Physiological ecology of the early stages of Sargassum swartzii (Turner) C. Ag.. Botanica Marina 15: 49-51, 1 plate, 4 tables.

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