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Sargassum (Sargassum) filipendula C. Agardh, 1824 
AphiaID: 145555

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeista (Subphylum) > Limnista (Infraphylum) > Fucistia (Superclass) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Fucales (Order) > Sargassaceae (Family) > Sargassum (Genus) > Sargassum (Sargassum) (Subgenus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Sargassum filipendula C.Agardh, 1824
Rank Species
Parent Sargassum (Sargassum)
Sources  basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]

additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Long Island Sound to the northern region of Cape Cod [details]

Morphology: Brown colour results from the dominance of the xanthophyll fucoxanthin; this masks the other pigments, Chlorophyll a and c (no chlorophyll b), beta-carotene and other xanthophylls. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145555
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
2008-12-09 10:03:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-12-14 09:38:29Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Sargassum (Sargassum) filipendula C. Agardh, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145555 on 2013-05-19
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