Sargassum nipponicum Yendo
Publication details
Sargassum nipponicum Yendo 1907: 153, pl. 17: figs 11-16
Published in: Yendo, K. (1907). The Fucaceae of Japan. Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University 21(Article 12): 1-174, folded table, pls I- XVIII plates.
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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 Batrachophycus Section Teretia
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: "Takamatsu, Huiga Prov., July 1900" (Oak 2010: 127). Type: TI herb. Yendo (Yoshida 1998: 396).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum nipponicum Yendo)
Asia: Hong Kong (Setchell 1931), Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Tseng, Yoshida & Chiang 1985, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Phillips 1995, Yoshida 1998, Yoshida, Suzuki & Yoshinaga 2015), Korea (Lee & Kang 1986, Lee & Yoo 1992, Phillips 1995, Lee & Kang 2001, Oak 2010, Lee et al. 2011).
South-east Asia: Vietnam (Pham-Hoàng 1969).
Key references
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.
Yoshida, T., Nguyen Huu Dai, Ajisaka, T. & Noro, T. (2002). Verification of Sargassum species identified with subgenera Bactrophycus, Phyllotrichia and Schizophycus in Vietnam. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species. Vol. VIII. (Abbott, I.A. & Mcdermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.8, pp. 95-102. La Jolla: California Sea Grant College.
Yoshida, T., Stiger, V. & Horiguchi, T. (2000). Sargassum boreale sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from Hokkaido, Japan. Phycological Research 48: 125-132.
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