Sargassum incisifolium (Turner) C.Agardh

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

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Publication details
Sargassum incisifolium (Turner) C.Agardh 1820: 14-15

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.

Basionym
Fucus incisifolius Turner

Type information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 679).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), with cut leaves.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus incisifolius Turner 1811

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus heterophyllus Turner 1808
Sargassum heterophyllum C.Agardh 1820

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum heterophyllum C.Agardh)
Africa: Mauritius (Børgesen 1941), South Africa (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).

(as Sargassum incisifolium (Turner) C.Agardh)
Africa: Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

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

Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996) the following names have been misapplied to this species by various authors: Sargassum linifolium, Sargassum vulgare, Sargassum vulgare var. foliosissimum, Sargassum vulgare var. indicum and Sargassum vulgare var. tenuifolium. Please consult original reference for full details.

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.

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

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

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=incisifolium

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 14 August 2012 by Michael Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 869 times since it was created.

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

Gillespie, R.D. & Critchley, A.T. (2001). Reproductive allocation and strategy of Sargassum elegans Suhr and Sargassum incisifolium (Turner) C. Agardh from Reunion Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Botanica Marina 44: 231-235.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Michael 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 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:63215