Sargassum tortile f. macrocarpum (C.Agardh) Yendo 1905
Current name:
Sargassum macrocarpum C.Agardh
Kominato, Chiba Prefecture, JapanYukihiko Serisawa (serisawa@scc.u-tokai.ac.jp)
Publication Details
Sargassum tortile f. macrocarpum (C.Agardh) Yendo 1905: 156
Published in: Yendo, K. (1905). [Preliminary list of Japanese Fucaceae]. Botanical Magazine, Tokyo 19: 149-161.
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 macrocarpum C.Agardh.
Basionym
Sargassum macrocarpum C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "ex Japonia"; Type: herb. alg. Agardh, LD; 2903 (Yoshida 1998: 391)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twisted, winding, spiral (Smith & Lockwood 1933).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 March 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 September 2023
