Sargassum johnstonii Setchell & N.L.Gardner

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

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Publication details
Sargassum johnstonii Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1924: 737, pl. 20: fig. 72; pl. 21: fig. 80

Original publication: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1924). New marine algae from the Gulf of California. Proceeding of the California Academy of Science, Series 4 12: 695-949, 77 plates.
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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 Johnstonia

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sargassum guardiense Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1924

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Georges Island, Sonora, Mexico (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 681). Type: Ivan M. Johnston (No. 71); April; Herb. Calif. Uni Sci. 1341 (Setchell & Gardner 1924: 737).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum johnstonii Setchell & N.L.Gardner)
North America: Baja California (Phillips 1995).

Central America: Baja California (Norris 2010), México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2008).

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

Key references
Norris, J.N. (2010). Marine algae of the Northern Gulf of California: Chlorophyta and Phaeophyceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 94: i-x, 1-276.

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.

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.

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

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=johnstonii

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 27 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 31 March 2010 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.)

Kaur, I. & Vijayaraghavan, M.R. (1992). Oogonial development, maturation and release in Sargassum vulgare C. Agardh and Sargassum johnstonii Setchell & Gardner. Aquatic Botany 42: 173-185, 5 figs.
Thivy, F. & Chauhan, V.D. (1964). Sargassum johnstonii Setchell & Gardner, a new record for the Indian Ocean region. Hydrobiologia 23: 292-299, 23 figs, 2 plates.

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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 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:63203