Cystoseira geminata C.Agardh
Publication details
Cystoseira geminata C.Agardh 1824: 286
Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema Algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Stephanocystis geminata (C.Agardh) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Common names
(as Cystoseira geminata C.Agardh)
English: Chain bladder (McConnaughey 1985).
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: In mari australi [in southern seas] (Agardh 1824: 286).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cystoseira geminata C.Agardh)
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989, Lindeberg & Lindstrom 2010), Aleutian Islands (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003 
).
Asia: Bering Sea (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).
Source of synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Ballesteros, E., Rousseau, F. & Thibaut, T. (2010). DNA sequence data demonstrate the polyphyly of the genus Cystoseira and other Sargassaceae genera (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1329-1345.
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.
Lindeberg, M.R. & Lindstrom, S.C. (2010). Field guide to the seaweeds of Alaska. pp. [i-]iii-iv, 1-188, numerous col. photographs. Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program.
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Cystoseira&species=geminata
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=Cystoseira&Species=geminata
Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 13 July 2011 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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 26 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
