Sargassum micracanthum (Kützing) Endlicher
Publication details
Sargassum micracanthum (Kützing) Endlicher 1843: 31
Original publication: Endlicher, S.L. (1843). Mantissa botanica altera. Sistens genera plantarum supplementum tertium. pp. [i-vi], 1-111. Vindobonae [Vienna]: apud Fridericum Beck, Universitatis Bibliopolam.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sargassum is Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Halochloa micracantha Kützing
Type information
Type locality: Japan Type: L 937.55.8 (Yoshida 1998: 392).
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Bactrophycus Section Halochloa
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Halochloa micracantha Kützing 1843
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sargassum micracanthum f. typicum Yendo 1905
Sargassum micracanthum var. stipulatum Yendo 1907
Sargassum kiushianum Yendo 1907
General environment
This is a Marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum micracanthum (Kützing) Endlicher)
Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Tseng, Yoshida & Chiang 1985, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Phillips 1995, Yoshida 1998), Korea (Lee & Yoo 1992, Phillips 1995, Lee & Kang 2001, Lee 2008, Oak 2010, Lee et al. 2011), South Korea (Cho et al. 2012).
(as Sargassum micracanthum f. typicum Yendo)
Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936).
(as Sargassum micracanthum var. stipulatum Yendo)
Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936).
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
Boo, S.M. & Ko, Y.D. (2012). Marine plants from Korea. pp. [1] 5-233, many col. photographs. Seoul: Marine & Extreme Genome Research Centre Program.
Cho, S.M., Lee, S.M., Ko, Y.D., Mattio, L. & Boo, S.M. (2012). Molecular systematic reassessment of Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in Korea using four gene regions. Botanica Marina 55(5): 473-484.
Lee, K. & Yoo, S.-A. (1992). Korean species of Sargassum subgenus Bactrophycus J. Agardh (Sargassaceae, Fucales). In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.3, pp. 139-147. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College.
Oak, J.H. (2010). Fucales. In: Algal flora of Korea. Volume 2, Number 2. Heterokontophyta: Phaeophyceae: Ishigeales, Dictyotales, Desmarestiales, Sphacelariales, Cutleriales, Ralfisales, Laminariales. (Anon. Eds), pp. 111-172. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.
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.
Tseng, C.K., Yoshida, T. & Chiang, Y.M. (1985). East Asiatic species of Sargassum subgenus Bactrophycus J.Agardh (Sargassaceae, Fucales), with keys to the sections and species. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific and Caribbean species. (Abbott, I.A. & Norris, J.N. Eds) Vol.I, pp. 1-14. California Sea Grant Program.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sargassum&species=micracanthum
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=micracanthum
Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 20 February 2013 by Wendy Guiry
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