Sargassum siliquosum J.Agardh
Publication details
Sargassum siliquosum J.Agardh 1848: 316
Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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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.
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Sargassum Section Malacocarpicae
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), siliquose (Stearn 1973).
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
yore-moku {Jap}
Distribution by country
Type information
Syntype localities: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia; Singapore (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 697). Type: LD. Herb. Alg. Agardh 3260 (Yoshida 1998: 407). Notes: Phang et al. (1995: 56) note the following: The holotype specimen from Singapore as described by Agardh (1848) cannot be located. Agardh did not state the sex of the type specimen, but Ang and Trono (1987) reported that the material in the Agardh Herbarium (LD, Herbarium Agardh No. 3260, lectotype) is male. Yamada (1942) mentioned male and female receptacles, and Ang and Trono (1987) and Trono (1992) emphasized the "strongly triquetrous and twisted female receptacles" as the distinguishing feature of S. siliquosum. According to Tseng & Lu (1992: 20), the type locality is Singapore.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum siliquosum J.Agardh)
Africa: Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Asia: China (Tseng & Lu Baoren 1992, Phillips 1995, Tseng & Lu 2000), Japan (Okamura 1936, Yoshida 1988, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Phillips 1995, Yoshida 1998), Taiwan (Yoshida 1988, Anon. 2012, Anon. 2012).
South-east Asia: Indonesia (Verheij & Prud'homme van Reine 1993, Phillips 1995, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Malaysia (Phang, Noro & Yoshida 1995, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Ajisaka, Phang & Yoshida 1999, Ajisaka 2002), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987, Trono 1992, Phillips 1995), Singapore (Tseng & Lu 1992, Phang, Noro & Yoshida 1995, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Ajisaka 2002, Pham et al. 2011), Vietnam (Phillips 1995, Dai 2007).
Australia and New Zealand: New Guinea (Phillips 1995), Queensland (Lewis 1985, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010).
Source of synonymy
Tseng, C.K. & Lu Baoren (1992). Studies on the malacocarpic Sargassum of China II. Racemosae J. Agardh. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific and Western Atlantic species. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.3, pp. 11-34. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College.
Key references
Ajisaka, T. (2002). Sargassum specimens from Singapore and Malaysia in the Herbarium of the Bishop Museum. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species. Vol. VIII. (Abbott, I.A. & Mcdermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.8, pp. 77-88. La Jolla: California Sea Grant College.
Ajisaka, T., Phang, S.M. & Yoshida, T. (1999). Preliminary report of Sargassum species collected from Malaysian coasts. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species Vol. VII. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.7, pp. 23-41. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Phang, S.-M., Noro, T. & Yoshida, T. (1995). Variations in Sargassum siliquosum J. Agardh (Fucales, Phaeophyta) found in Malaysia and Singapore. : .
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.
Trono Jr., G. (1992). The genus Sargassum in the Philippines. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific and Western Atlantic species. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.2, pp. 43-94. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College.
Tseng, C.K. & Lu Baoren (1992). Studies on the malacocarpic Sargassum of China II. Racemosae J. Agardh. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific and Western Atlantic species. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.3, pp. 11-34. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College.
Yoshida, T. (1988). Japanese and Taiwanese species of Sargassum subgenus Sargassum. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.2, pp. 5-21.
Yoshida, T. (1998). Marine algae of Japan. pp. [1-2], 1-25, 1-1222. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing Co., Ltd.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sargassum&species=siliquosum
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=siliquosum
Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 15 August 2012 by Michael 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.)
Ang, P.O., Jr (1985). Phenology of Sargassum siliquosum J. Ag. and S. paniculatum J. Ag. (Sargasaceae, Phaeophyta) in the reef flat of Balibago (Calatagan, Philippines). In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti, 27 May-1 June, 1985. ( Eds) Vol.5, pp. 51-57.
Ang, P.O., Jr (1985). Regeneration studies of Sargassum siliquosum J. Ag. and S. paniculatum J. Ag. (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae). Botanica Marina 28: 231-235, 2 figs.
Hurtado, A.Q. & Ragaza, A.R. (1999). Sargassum studies in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, Northern Philippines. I. Seasonal variations in the biomass of Sargassum carpophyllum J. Agardh, Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C. Agardh and Sargassum siliquosum J. Agardh (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae). Botanica Marina 42: 321-325, 5 figs.
Largo, D.B., Ohno, M. & Critchley, A.T. (1994). Seasonal changes in the growth and reproduction of Sargassum polycystum C. Ag. and Sargassum siliquosum J. Ag. (Sargassaceae, Fucales) from Liloan, Cebu, in Central Philippines. Japanese Journal of Phycology 42: 53-61.
Phang, S.-M., Noro, T. & Yoshida, T. (1995). Variations in Sargassum siliquosum J. Agardh (Fucales, Phaeophyta) found in Malaysia and Singapore. : .
Ragaza, A.R. & Hurtado, A.Q. (1999). Sargassum studies in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, Northern Philippines. II. Seasonal variations in alginate yield and viscosity of Sargassum carpophyllum J. Agardh, Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C. Agardh and Sargassum siliquosum J. Agardh (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae). Botanica Marina 42: 327-331, 6 figs.
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