Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Sargassum
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From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information. Diane Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information. Diane Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information. Diane Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Publication details
Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen 1914: 66, footnote
Original publication: Børgesen, F. (1914). The species of Sargassum found along the coasts of the Danish West Indies with remarks upon the floating forms of the Sargasso Sea. In: Mindeskrift i Anledning af Hundredaaret for Japetus Steenstrups Fødsel, Art. 32. (Jungersen, H.F.E. & Warming, E. Eds), pp. 1-20.
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
Sargassum hystrix var. fluitans Børgesen
Type information
Type locality: Sargasso Sea (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 673).
Origin of species name
Participle (Latin), floating, swimming (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sargassum hystrix var. fluitans Børgesen 1914
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus baccifer var. oblongifolius Turner 1807
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen)
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960).
North America: Florida (Taylor 1960, Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008, Collado-Vides et al. 2011), Louisiana (Taylor 1960), Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), North Carolina (Schneider & Searles 1991), Texas (Taylor 1960, Wynne 2009), Virginia (Humm 1979).
Central America: Belize (Taylor 1960, Norris & Bucher 1982), Costa Rica (Taylor 1960), El Salvador (Fernández-García et al. 2011 
), Panama (Taylor 1960, Wysor & De Clerck 2003).
Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Barbados (Taylor 1969), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Taylor 1960, Suárez 2005), Hispaniola (Taylor 1960), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
South-west Asia: Iran (Sohrabipour & Rabii 1999), Kuwait (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-east Asia: Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987).
Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sargassum&species=fluitans
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=fluitans
Created: 04 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 22 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 5129 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.)
Moreira, L. & Suárez, A.M. (2002). Estudio del género Sargassum C. Agardh, 1820 (Phaeophyta, Fucales, Sargassaceae) en aguas cubanas. 4. Reproducción sexual en Sargassum natans (Linnaeus) Meyer y S. fluitans Børgesen. Rev. Invest. Mar. 23(1): 63-65.
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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 20 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76708
