Saccharina bongardiana f. subsessilis (J.E.Areschoug) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I.Hansen 2007
Publication Details
Saccharina bongardiana f. subsessilis (J.E.Areschoug) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I.Hansen 2007: 283
Published in: Selivanova, O.N., Zhigadlova, G.G. & Hansen, G.I. (2007). Revision of the systematics of algae in the order Laminariales (Phaeophyta) from the Far-Eastern Seas of Russia on the basis of molecular-phylogenetic data. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 33: 278-289.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Saccharina is Saccharina plana Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Saccharina subsessilis (J.E.Areschoug) Starko & S.C.Lindstrom.
Source of Synonymy
Starko, S., Boo, G, H., Martone, P.T. & Lindstrom, S.C. (2018). A molecular investigation of Saccharina sessilis from the Aleutian Islands reveals a species complex, necessitating the new combination Saccharina subsessilis. Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 33(2): 157-166.
Basionym
Hafgygia bongardiana f. subsessilis J.E.Areschoug
Type Information
Type locality: Bering Island; Sitka; (INA 1996) Lectotype: UPS; A-823620 (Starko et al. 2018: 162, fig. 4) Notes: Accordng to Setchell (1901: 122, 123), Areschoug does not give the type locality but inferred that it was either Bering Island or Sitka. Setchell's specimens came from the Island of Amaknak in Unalaska Bay. Lectotype designated by Starko & S.C. Lindstrom. They note that this specimen is one of two of this form collected by Kjellman on Bering Island between Aug. 14 and 19, 1879. They consider the other specimen in UPS (A823624) to be a syntype.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 July 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 April 2023
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Distributional note
Dr G.I. Hansen (e-mail, 16 September 2008) has collected and has specimens of this particular entity in all of its stages from as far east as the Perevalnie Islands at the north end of the Kodiak Chain in Alaska. - (16 September 2008) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 July 2025
