Agarum clathrus (S.G.Gmelin) Greville

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Laminariales
Family Costariaceae
Genus Agarum

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Publication details
Agarum clathrus (S.G.Gmelin) Greville 1830: xxxix

Original publication: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Agarum is Agarum clathratum Dumortier.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus clathrus S.G.Gmelin

Type information
Syntype localities: "Oceanus indicus et Mare Kamtschatkam" (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 908).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus clathrus S.G.Gmelin 1768
Ulva clathrus (S.G.Gmelin) Woodward 1797
Laminaria clathrus (S.G.Gmelin) C.Agardh 1824
Thalassiophyllum clathrus (S.G.Gmelin) Postels & Ruprecht 1840

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Thalassiophyllum clathrus (S.G.Gmelin) Postels & Ruprecht)
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Lindeberg & Lindstrom 2010).

Asia: Commander Islands (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 1997), Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981), Kamchatka (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009, Klochkova, Korolyova & Kusidi 2009), Russia (Selivanova, Zhigadlova & Hansen 2007).

Nomenclatural notes
The epithet "clathrus" (lattice) was used originally as a noun by S.G. Gmelin as opposed to the adjective "clathratus" (latticed), and is non-declinable. - (26 Jul 2011) - M.D. Guiry

Key references
Boo, G.H., Lindstrom, S.C., Klochkova, N.C., Yotsukura, N., Yang, E.C., Kim, H.G., Waaland, J.R., Cho, G.Y., Miller, K.A. & Boo, S.M. (2011). Taxonomy and biogeography of Agarum and Thalassiophyllum (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) based on sequences of nuclear, mitochondrial, and plastid markers. Taxon 60(3): 831-840.

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

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=Agarum&Species=clathrus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 20 January 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 July 2011 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. 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 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100302