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Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Laminariales
Family Laminariaceae
Genus Macrocystis

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Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia.. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au). From: Huisman, J.M. (2000). Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia..

John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).

Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal; 10.5 mm lens. 20 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; plants at surface of water at low water; polaroid filter. 05 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; 10.5 mm lens. 05 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. 05 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; plants in lower-shore lagoon with some Laminaria pallida and Ecklonia maxima further out in surf. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; plants in lower-shore lagoon. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

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Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa

Publication details
Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent 1826: 9

Original publication: Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1826). Macrocyste. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 10, pp. 8-10. Paris:
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Macrocystis is Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), narrow-leaved (Neal 1993).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Distribution by country

Type information
Lectotype locality: Storm Bay, Tasmania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 641). Lectotype: La Billardière; herb. Bory, PC. Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Ducker (1979b: 20) for more information on the lectotype location of this species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent)
Central America: México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2008).

Africa: South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).

Australia and New Zealand: Lord Howe Island (Lewis 1985), South Australia (Womersley 1987, Huisman 2000), Tasmania (Huisman 2000), Victoria (Womersley 1987, Huisman 2000, Marconi et al. 2011).

Source of synonymy
Demes, K.W, Graham, M.H. & Suskiewicz, T.S. (2009). Phenotypic plasticity reconciles incongruous molecular and morphological taxonomies: the giant kelp, Macrocystis (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae), is a monospecific genus (note). Journal of Phycology 45(6): 1266-1269.

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.

Macaya, E.C. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2010). DNA barcoding and genetic divergence in the giant kelp Macrocystis (Laminariales). Journal of Phycology 46(4): 736-742.

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.

Womersley, H. B. S. (1953). The species of Macrocystis with special references to those on Southern Australian Coasts. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 1: 30-33.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1954). The species of Macrocystis with special reference to those of southern Australian coasts. University of California Publications in Botany 27: 109-132, Plates 1-8, map.

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=Macrocystis&species=angustifolia

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=Macrocystis&Species=angustifolia

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 07 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 12 March 2011 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 12438 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.)

Coon, D. (1981). Studies of whole plant growth in Macrocystis angustifolia. Botanica Marina 24: 19-27.
Haxen, P.G. & Lewis, O.A.M. (1981). Nitrate assimilation in the marine kelp, Macrocystis angustifolia (Phaeophyceae). Botanica Marina 24: 631-635.
Kuga, V.A. & Neushul, M. (1980). The ontogeny of an abnormal specimen of Macrocystis angustifolia Bory (Phaeophyta) (Note). Phycologia 19: 334-337, 6 figs, 1 table.
Tugwell, S. & Branch, G.M. (1989). Differential polyphenolic distribution among tissues in the kelps Ecklonia maxima, Laminaria pallida and Macrocystis angustifolia in relation to plant-defense theory. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 129: 219-230.

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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 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.

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