Laminaria saccharina (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux
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Laminaria saccharina (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux 1813: 42
Original publication: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, Plates 7-13.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laminaria is Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
Basionym
Fucus saccharinus Linnaeus
Type information
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 904).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), sugary (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Common names
(as Laminaria saccharina (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux)
English: Sea Belt (Dickinson 1963), Sugar Wrack (Dickinson 1963).
Common names used in commerce, often for edible algae
sugar kelp {Eng}; broadleaf kelp {Eng}; laminaire saccharine {Fr}; zuckertang {Ger}; sea belts {Eng}; "tangle, sweet"; "kelp, sugar"; "kelp, broadleaf"; "wrack, sugar"; "belts, sea"
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Laminaria saccharina (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Taylor 1957, Lee 1980).
Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Clare (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Maggs 1983, Whelan & Cullinane 1985), Cork (Renouf 1931, Cullinane 1971, Guiry 1978, Cullinane & Whelan 1983, Frid & Kitching 1988), Derry (Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1974, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994, Boaden 1995), Dublin (Sanders 1860, Guiry 1978), Galway (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, Maggs 1983), Kerry (Guiry 1978), Leitrim (Cullinane 1970, Guiry 1978), Louth (Synnott 1969, Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Waterford (Guiry 1978), Wexford (Cotton 1913, Parkes & Scannell 1969, Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).
Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Newton 1931, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Denmark (Larsen & Sand-Jensen 2006), E. Greenland (Lund 1959, Pedersen 1976), Faroes (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Feldmann 1954, Coppejans 1995, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Germany (Hünken et al 2005), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972), Ireland (Adams 1907, Cotton 1912, Cotton 1913, Cullinane 1971, Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Maggs 1983, Whelan & Cullinane 1985, Morton 1994), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Norway (Rueness 1997), Portugal (De Mesquita Rodrigues 1963, Ardré 1970, Araújo, Bárbara & Sousa-Pinto in press), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1934, Anadón 1983, Pérez-Cirera 1989, Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Peña & Bárbara 2002, Bárbara et al. 2005), Sweden (Kylin 1947).
Atlantic Islands: Madeira (Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001, John et al. 2004).
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), Aleutian Islands (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989, Druehl et al 2005), California (Scagel et al. 1989, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), Labrador (Taylor 1957), Maine (Mathieson et al. 2001), Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), New Brunswick (Lane et al. 2006), New Hampshire (Mathieson & Hehre 1986, Mathieson & Dawes 2002), Newfoundland (Taylor 1957), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Quebec (Taylor 1957), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).
Source of synonymy
Lane, C.E., Mayes, C., Druehl, L.D. & Saunders, G.W. (2006). A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization. Journal of Phycology 42: 493-512.
Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, 266 pls. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
Druehl, L.D., Collins, J.D., Lane, C.E. & Saunders, G.W. (2005). An evaluation of methods used to assess intergeneric hybridization in kelp using Pacific Laminariales (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 41: 250-262.
McHugh, D.J. (2003). A guide to the seaweed industry. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 441: x + 105, 64 figs.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 185 samples identified as Laminaria saccharina.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 20 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 5189 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.)
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