WoRMS taxon details
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820
AphiaID: 232231
AphiaID: 232231
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeista (Subphylum) > Limnista (Infraphylum) > Fucistia (Superclass) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Laminariales (Order) > Laminariaceae (Family) > Macrocystis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Macrocystis C.Agardh, 1820 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Macrocystis C.Agardh, 1820 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Fucus giganteus Gaudichaud, 1826 Fucus pyrifer Linnaeus, 1771 Laminaria pyrifera (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 (synonym) Macrocystis communis Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 Macrocystis humboldtii (Bonpland) C.Agardh, 1822 Macrocystis integrifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 (synonym) Macrocystis laevis C.H.Hay, 1986 (synonym) Macrocystis latifolius Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 Macrocystis luxurians (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) J.Agardh, 1848 Macrocystis orbigniana Montagne, 1839 Macrocystis pelagica Areschoug, 1848 Macrocystis planicaulis C.Agardh, 1839 (synonym) Macrocystis pyrifera var. humboldtii Bonpland, 1808 Macrocystis pyrifera var. luxurians J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1847 Macrocystis tenuifolia Postels & Ruprecht, 1840 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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] original description (from synonym): Linnaeus, C. (1771). Mantissa Plantarum. Holmiae, 1-588 [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Macrocystis pyrifera var. longibullata Reinsch, 1890 Variety Macrocystis pyrifera var. humboldtii Bonpland, 1808 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Variety Macrocystis pyrifera var. luxurians J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1847 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (458 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (120 nucleotides; 51 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232231 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=232231 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||
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