Silvetia compressa (J.Agardh) E.Serrão, T.O.Cho, S.M.Boo & Brawley
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Fucaceae
Genus Silvetia
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Publication details
Silvetia compressa (J.Agardh) E.Serrão, T.O.Cho, S.M.Boo & Brawley in Serrão et al. 1999: 392
Original publication: Serrão, E.A., Alice, L.A. & Brawley, S.H. (1999). Evolution of the Fucaceae (Phaeophyceae) inferred from nrDNA-ITS. Journal of Phycology 35: 382-394, 5 figs, 4 tables.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Silvetia.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucodium compressum J.Agardh
Type information
Monterey Peninsula, Caifornia. (Silva 1979: 338).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucodium compressum J.Agardh 1848
Ascophyllum compressum (J.Agardh) Kuntze 1891
Ascophylla compressa (J.Agardh) Kuntze 1891
Pelvetia compressa (J.Agardh) De Toni 1895
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus fastigiatus J.Agardh 1841
Fucodium fastigiatum J.Agardh 1848
Pelvetia fastigiata (J.Agardh) De Toni 1895
Pelvetia fastigiata f. gracilis Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1917
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Pelvetia fastigiata (J.Agardh) De Toni)
North America: California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Stewart 1991).
(as Pelvetia compressa (J.Agardh) De Toni)
North America: California (Silva 1979).
(as Pelvetia fastigiata f. gracilis Setchell & N.L.Gardner)
North America: California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976).
(as Silvetia compressa (J.Agardh) E.Serrão, T.O.Cho, S.M.Boo & Brawley)
North America: Baja California (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), California (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003 
, Silva et al. 2004, Miller 2012), Mexico (Silva et al. 2004).
Central America: México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2008).
Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
Pedroche, P.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar Rosas, R. (2008). Catálogo de las algas benthónicas del Pacífico de México II. Phaeophycota. pp. [i-viii], i-vi, 15-146. Mexicali & Berkeley: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and University of California Berkeley.
Silva, P.C., Pedroche, F.F., Chacana, M.E., Aguilar-Rosas, R., Aguilar-Rosas, L.E. & Raum, J. (2004). Geographic correlation of morphological and molecular variation in Silvetia compressa (Fucaceae, Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 43: 204-214.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Silvetia&species=compressa
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=Silvetia&Species=compressa
Created: 21 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 06 September 2009 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1335 times since it was created.
References
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Silva, P.C., Pedroche, F.F., Chacana, M.E., Aguilar-Rosas, R., Aguilar-Rosas, L.E. & Raum, J. (2004). Geographic correlation of morphological and molecular variation in Silvetia compressa (Fucaceae, Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 43: 204-214.
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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 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:65298
