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WoRMS taxon details
Sargassum (Bactrophycus) muticum (Yendo) Fensholt, 1955
AphiaID: 145559
AphiaID: 145559
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Chromobiota (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Heterokontophyta (Phylum) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Fucales (Order) > Sargassaceae (Family) > Sargassum (Genus) > Sargassum (Bactrophycus) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Sargassum (Bactrophycus) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Eno, N.C.; Clark, R.A.; Sanderson, W.G. (Ed.) (1997). Non-native marine species in British waters: a review and directory. Joint Nature Conservation Committee: Peterborough, UK. ISBN 1-86107-442-5. 152 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Ardrossan [details] Atlantic Coast of Spain [details] Atlantic Europe [details] Baltic sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Boulogne, Digue du Nord [details] Cap Gris Nez [details] Cornwall [details] De Panne [details] Denmark [details] East Coast of England [details] English Channel [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] France [details] German Bight [details] Grevelingen [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Netherlands Antilles [details] North Sea [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oosterschelde [details] Pointe aux Oies (point) [details] Pointe du Nid de Corbet [details] Pointe du Riden [details] Portuguese Atlantic Coast [details] Sas van Goes [details] Scilly Isles [details] South Norway [details] South Wales [details] Strangford Lough [details] Sweden [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details] Zeeland [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To AlgaeBase Guide to the exotic species of San Francisco bay - Sargassum muticum Global Invasive Species Database - Sargassum muticum Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) - Sargassum muticum Marine Life Information Network - UK European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Sargassum muticum To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
alien species: The Japanese sargasso weed or strangleweed Sargassum (Bactrophycus) muticum naturally thrives along the coasts of Japan, Russia, Korea, and China. This brown alga was imported in Europe together with Japanese oysters (either directly from Asia or with infected Canadian oyster breed). Strangleweed has been washing ashore along the Belgian coast regularly since the seventies. The first specimens - attached to hard substrate - were discovered in the harbor of Zeebrugge, in 1999. In areas where strangleweed has successfully invaded, it outcompetes the indigenous species by its fast growth. This is however not the case in Belgium. Floating packages of this seaweed however contribute to a rich community of marine organisms that use it as a food source, shelter, foraging area or attachment surface. [details] alien species: Het Japans bessenwier Sargassum muticum kwam oorspronkelijk enkel voor langs de kusten van Japan, Rusland, Korea en China, maar werd naar Europa overgebracht samen met ingevoerde oesters. Japans bessenwier spoelt al sinds de jaren zeventig aan op de Belgische kust. De eerste vastzittende exemplaren werden pas ontdekt in 1999, in de haven van Zeebrugge. Het Japans bessenwier verdringt oorspronkelijke soorten door zijn snelle groei, maar anderzijds ondersteunen de drijvende wierpaketten een rijke gemeenschap van mariene organismen die het zeewier gebruiken als voedingsbron, beschutting, foerageergebied of vasthechtingsoppervlak. [details] Distribution: The Norfolk population appears to be no longer extant. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, M.D. (2010). Sargassum (Bactrophycus) muticum (Yendo) Fensholt, 1955. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2010). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145559 on 2010-07-30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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