Sargassum decipiens (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Sargassum
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Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 20 Oct 2009. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Publication details
Sargassum decipiens (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh 1873: 63-64
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sargassum is Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Phyllotricha decipiens (R.Brown ex Turner) R.R.M.Dixon & Huisman
Basionym
Fucus decipiens R.Brown ex Turner
Type information
Type locality: Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 668). Type: BM (Womersley 1987: 424). Notes: Womersley (1987: 424) cites Port Dalrymple (Tamar Est. mouth), Tasmania as the type locality.
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Phyllotricha
Origin of species name
Participle B (Latin), deceiving (used of a species closely resembling another) (Stearn 1973).
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sargassum flaccidum Sonder 1845
Blossevillea flaccida (Sonder) Kützing 1860
Sargassum muriculatum J.Agardh 1873
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum decipiens (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh)
Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Phillips 1995), South Australia (Womersley 1987), Tasmania (Womersley 1987), Victoria (Womersley 1987, Dixon et al. 2012), Western Australia (Womersley 1987, Dixon et al. 2012).
Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Sargassum sonderi was misapplied to this species by Grunow (1915 [1915-1916]: 332).
Source of synonymy
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.
Key references
Goldberg, N.A. & Huisman, J.M. (2004). Sargassum kendrickii (Fucales, Phaeophyceae), a new species of subgenus Phyllotrichia from southern Australia. Botanica Marina 47: 424-430.
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.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II. pp. 481, 169 figs, 1 table, 8 plates, 4 maps. Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sargassum&species=decipiens
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=decipiens
Created: 28 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 05 December 2012 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 956 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 22 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:63511
