Sargassum acanthicarpum Greville, nom. illeg.

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

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Publication details
Sargassum acanthicarpum Greville 1848: 432, pl. XIII: lower left figs. 1-6, nom. illeg.

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1848). Algae orientales:- Descriptions of new species belonging to the genus Sargassum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser.2 2: 203-206, 274-277, 431-434, pls IV, V, XIII.

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 synonym of Sargassum erinaceum Greville ex Kuntze

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 671).

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Created: 05 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 21 January 2006 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 August 2019.