Sargassum aemulum Sonder 1853
Publication Details
Sargassum aemulum Sonder 1853: 672
Published in: Sonder, O.G. (1853). Plantae Muellerianae. Algae. Linnaea 25: 657-703.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sargassum is Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sargassum distichum Sonder.
Type Information
Type locality: Holdfast Bay (Gulf of St Vincent), South Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 670)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 June 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 May 2015
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Distributional note
Tseng & Lu (1988: 28) note that although no plant of the Hong Kong assemblage seems to agree very closely with aemulum Sonder (in strictly typical form), one scrappy specimen, intermingled with other zygocarpic forms, collected at West Point, Victoria, Hong Kong Island, by G.A.C. Herklots in March 1930, seems to stand apart and to answer fairly well to the description of the "var? carpophylloides Grun." of his S. aemulum. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 May 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025
