Macrocystis laevis C.H.Hay

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

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Publication details
Macrocystis laevis C.H.Hay 1986

Original publication: Hay, C.H. (1986). A new species of Macrocystis (C. Ag.) (Phaeophyta) from Marion Island, southern Indian Ocean. Phycologia 25: 241-252.

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), smooth, free from uneveness, hairs or roughness (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

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
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.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Macrocystis&species=laevis

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=laevis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 02 September 2010 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 2510 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.)

Aguilar-Rosas, L.E., Aguilar-Rosas, R., Marcos-Ramirez, R., Caceres-Rubio, C.F. & McPeak, R.H. (2003). New record of Macrocystis laevis Hay (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) on the Pacific coast of Chile. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 17: 337-340.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.

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