Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura 1932
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Hizikia
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Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Hideki Haga. © Hideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp).
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Collecion of Hiziki for human consumption. Hideki Haga. © Hideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp).
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Hideki Haga. © Hideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp).
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Hideki Haga. © Hideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp).
Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan; intertidal plants. Yukihiko Serisawa. © Yukihiko Serisawa (serisawa@scc.u-tokai.ac.jp).
Oishi-zaki, Yura, Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. 22 Mar 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Oishi-zaki, Yura, Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. 22 Mar 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Oishi-zaki, Yura, Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. 22 Mar 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Oishi-zaki, Yura, Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. 22 Mar 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Oishi-zaki, Yura, Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. 22 Mar 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
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Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan; intertidal plants
© Yukihiko Serisawa (serisawa@scc.u-tokai.ac.jp)
Publication details
Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura 1932: 100
Published in: Okamura, K. (1932). Icones of Japanese algae. Vol. VI pp. 63-101 (English), 61-96 (Japanese), Plates CCLXXXI-CCC. Tokyo: published by the author.
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Hizikia.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell
Basionym
Cystophyllum fusiforme Harvey
Type information
Type locality: "On rocks at low tide, Simoda." [Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan] (Harvey 1860: 329). Type: Charles Wright; TCD?
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Bactrophycus Section Hizikia
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Taxonomic notes
Stiger et al (2003: 7) note that molecular work reveals that Hizikia should be included in the genus Sargassum, within the subgenus Bactrophycus.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Common names
(as Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura)
Chinese: Hai tso, Chiau tsai, Hai ti tun, Hai toe din, Hai tsao, Hoi tsou (Madlener 1977).
Japanese: Hijiki (Madlener 1977).
Korean: Nongmichae (Madlener 1977).
Common names used in commerce, often for edible algae
yang-hsi-tsai {China}
Detailed distribution with sources (Click to Load)
Source of current name
Stiger, V., Horiguchi, T., Yoshida, T., Coleman, A.W. & Masuda, M. (2003). Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae), inferred from it ITS nrDNA, with an emphasis on the taxonomic revision of the genus. Phycological Research 51(1): 1-10.
Key references
Cho, G.Y, Rousseau, F., Reviers, B. de & Boo, S.M. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the Fucales (Phaeophyceae) assessed by the photosystem I coding psaA sequences. Phycologia 45: 512-519.
Tseng, C.K. & Lu, B. (2004). Some new species of the holozygocarpic Sargassum from the South China Sea. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to the Pacific and other locations Volume IX. (Abbott, I.A. & McDermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.9, pp. 81-92.
Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 13 March 2011 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Hwang, E.K., Kim, C.H. & Sohn, C.G. (1994). Callus-like formation and differentiation in Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura. Korean Journal of Phycology 9(1): 77-83, 5 figs, 2 tabes.
Hwang, E.K., Park, C.S. & Sohn, C.H. (1994). Effects of light intensity and temperature on regeneration, differentiation and receptacle formation of Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura. Korean Journal of Phycology 9(1): 85-93, 10 figs, 1 table.
Lee, Y.-P. & Kamura, S. (1997). Morphological variations of Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) from the western coast of the north Pacific. Algae (The Korean Journal of Phycology) 12(2): 57-72, 9 figs.
Park, C.S., Hwang, E.K., Yi, Y.H. & Sohn, C.H. (1995). Effects of daylength on the differentiation and receptacle formation of Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura. Korean Journal of Phycology 10(1): 45-49, 9 figs.
Shin, H.-W. & Kim, G.H. (1997). Characterization of UV-absorbing compounds in Korean macrophytes, Ulva pertusa Kjellman (Chlorophyta), Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura (Phaeophyta), and Pterocladia capillacea (Gmelin) Bornet et Thuret (Rhodophyta). Algae 12(1): 17-21, 4 figs.
Siriwardhana, N., Jeon, Y.-J., Kim, S.-H., Ha, J.-H., Heo, S.-J. & Lee, K.W. (2004). Enzymatic hydrolysis for effective extraction of antioxidative compounds from Hizikia fusiformis. Algae 19(1): 59-68, 13 figs, 1 table.
Siriwardhana, N., Lee, K.-W. & Jeon, Y.J. (2005). Radical scavenging potential of hydrophilic phlorotannins of Hizikia fusiformis. Algae 20(1): 69-75, 5 figs.
Zhu, X., Zou, D. & Du, H. (2011). Physiological responses of Hizikia fusiformis to copper and cadmium exposure. Botanica Marina 54(5): 431-439.
Zhu, X., Zou, D., Huang, Y., Cao, J., Sheng, G. & Wang, G. (2015). Physiological responses of Hizikia fusiformis (Phaeophyta) to mercury exposure. Botanica Marina 58(2): 93-101.
Zou, D., Gao, K. & Luo, H. (2011). Short- and long-term effects of elevated CO2 on photosynthesis and respiration in the marine macroalga Hizikia fusiformis (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) grown at low and high N supplies. Journal of Phycology 47(1): 87-97.
Zou, D., Ji, Z., Chen, W. & Li, G. (2018). High temperature stress might hamper the success of sexual reproduction in Hizikia fusiformis from Shantou, China: a photosynthetic perspective. Phycologia 57(4): 394-400.
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