Sargassum tristichum Sonder
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Sargassum
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Shoalwater Bay, south of Perth, Western Australia. 25 May 2011. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).
Publication details
Sargassum tristichum Sonder 1845: 51
Original publication: Sonder, G. (1845). Nova algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Priess, Ph. Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3: 49-57.
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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 Arthrophycus
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Carpacanthus tristichus (Sonder) Kützing 1849
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cystoseira tristicha Greville & C.Agardh 1830
Sargassum biforme Sonder 1845
Sargassum biforme var. heterophyllum Sonder 1848
Sargassum biforme var. isophyllum Sonder 1848
Sargassum isophyllum (Sonder) J.Agardh 1848
Carpacanthus oligophyllus Kützing 1849
Carpacanthus biformis (Sonder) Kützing 1849
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: Western Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 704). Lectotype: MEL 687695 (Womersley 1987: 438). Notes: Ex Herb. Greville (Womersley (1987:438)).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum biforme Sonder)
South-east Asia: Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987, Phillips 1995).
(as Sargassum tristichum Sonder)
Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Phillips 1995), Houtman Abrolhos (Huisman 1997), South Australia (Womersley 1987), Western Australia (Womersley 1987, Huisman & Walker 1990, Goldberg & Huisman 2004).
Nomenclatural notes
Womersley (1987) cites the authority for this species as Greville & C. Agardh ex Sonder 1845
Key references
De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
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.
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=tristichum
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=tristichum
Created: 03 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 15 August 2012 by Michael Guiry
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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:63067
