Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura

Publication details
Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura 1932: 99

Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Hizikia.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell

Basionym
Cystophyllum fusiforme Harvey

Type information
Type locality: Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (Silva 1996-to date). Type: Charles Wright; (Silva 1996-to date

Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Bactrophycus Section Hizikia

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names used in commerce, often for edible algae
yang-hsi-tsai {China}

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura)
Asia: China (Tseng & Lu 2000), Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998, Stiger et al. 2004), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Cho et al. 2006, Lee 2008).

Taxonomic notes
Stiger et al (2003: 7) note that molecular work reveals that Hizikia should be included in the genus Sargassum, within the subgenus Bactrophycus.

Source of synonymy
Stiger, V., Horiguchi, T., Yoshida, T., Coleman, A.W. & Masuda, M. (2003). Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae), inferred from it ITS nrDNA, with an emphasis on the taxonomic revision of the genus. Phycological Research 51(1): 1-10.

Key references
Cho, G.Y, Rousseau, F., Reviers, B. de & Boo, S.M. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the Fucales (Phaeophyceae) assessed by the photosystem I coding psaA sequences. Phycologia 45: 512-519.

Tseng, C.K. & Lu, B. (2004). Some new species of the holozygocarpic Sargassum from the South China Sea. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to the Pacific and other locations Volume IX. (Abbott, I.A. & McDermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.9, pp. 81-92.

SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 25 October 2006 by Wendy Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Hwang, E.K., Kim, C.H. & Sohn, C.G. (1994). Callus-like formation and differentiation in Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura. Korean Journal of Phycology 9: 77-83.
Hwang, E.K., Park, C.S. & Sohn, C.H. (1994). Effects of light intensity and temperature on regeneration, differentiation and receptacle formation of Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura. Korean Journal of Phycology 9: 85-93.
Lee, Y.-P. & Kamura, S. (1997). Morphological variations of Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) from the western coast of the north Pacific. Algae (The Korean Journal of Phycology) 12: 57-72.