Sargassum setifolium (Grunow) Setchell

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

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Publication details
Sargassum setifolium (Grunow) Setchell 1937: 143, pl. 28: figs 11, 12; pl. 32: figs 58, 59

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sargassum is Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh.

Basionym

Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Sargassum

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

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum setifolium (Grunow) Setchell)
South America: Galápagos Islands (Taylor 1945, Phillips 1995, Ruiz & Ziemmeck 2011).

Source of synonymy
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=setifolium

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=setifolium

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 28 December 2001 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 19 December 2005 by Wendy Guiry

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Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=26723

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 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:57800