Sargassum coriifolium J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1889
Publication details
Sargassum coriifolium J.Agardh 1889: 96, nom. illeg.
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1889). Species Sargassorum Australiae descriptae et dispositae. Accedunt de singulis partibus Sargassorum, earumque differentiis morphologicis in diversis speciebus observationes nonnullae; nec non dispositionis specierum omnium generis, his differentiis fundatae, periculum. Öfversigt af Konglige Vetenskaps-Adademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm, series 4 23(3): 1-133, pls I-XXXI.
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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 currently regarded as a synonym of Sargassum odontocarpum Sonder
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Sargassum
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
Superfluous name (Silva et al. 1996). - (11 Aug 2010) - Wendy Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum coriifolium J.Agardh)
South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Ahmed & al. 2009).
Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936, Phillips 1995), Taiwan (Lewis & Norris 1987, Yoshida 1988, Tseng & Lu Baoren 1997, Shao 2003-2014).
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Lewis 1985, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010).
Pacific Islands/Pacific Ocean: New Caledonia (Phillips 1995, Payri 2007), Solomon Islands (Womersley & Bailey 1970 
).
Source of current name
Tseng, C.K. & Lu Baoren (1999). Studies on the biserrulic Sargassum of China: II. The series Coriifoliae J.G. Agardh. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species Vol. VII. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol. 7, pp. 3-22. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
Key references
De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
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. & Lu Baoren (1997). Studies on the biserrulic Sargassum of China: I. Taxonomy of the subsection Biserrulae. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.6, pp. 3-7. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
Yoshida, T. (1988). Japanese and Taiwanese species of Sargassum subgenus Sargassum. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.2, pp. 5-21.
Created: 29 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 15 August 2012 by M.D. Guiry
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