WoRMS taxon details
Sargassum polycystum C.Agardh, 1824
AphiaID: 494865
AphiaID: 494865
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeista (Subphylum) > Limnista (Infraphylum) > Fucistia (Superclass) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Fucales (Order) > Sargassaceae (Family) > Sargassum (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Sargassum C.Agardh, 1820 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Sargassum (Sargassum) polycystum C. Agardh, 1824 Sargassum ambiguum Sonder, 1871 Sargassum brevifolium Greville, 1849 Sargassum elegans Greville, 1849 Sargassum myriocystum J.Agardh, 1848 Sargassum myriocystum f. horridula Grunow (synonym) Sargassum myriocystum var. elegans Grunow, 1915 Sargassum opacum J.Agardh, 1889 Sargassum polycystum var. horridulum Grunow, 1874 Sargassum pygmaeum Kützing, 1849 Sargassum spinuligerum var. fissifolia f. humilis littoralis Grunow (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] 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] | Forma Sargassum polycystum f. crinitum Reinbold, 1907 Forma Sargassum polycystum f. festivum Grunow, 1915 Forma Sargassum polycystum f. intercedens Grunow, 1915 Forma Sargassum polycystum f. proliferum Grunow, 1915 Variety Sargassum polycystum var. onustum J.Agardh, 1848 Forma Sargassum polycystum f. runcinatum Grunow, 1888 accepted as Sargassum parvifolium f. runcinatum (Grunow) De Toni, 1895 Variety Sargassum polycystum var. euryphyllum Grunow, 1886 accepted as Sargassum microcystum var. euryphyllum (Grunow) Grunow, 1915 Variety Sargassum polycystum var. horridulum Grunow, 1874 accepted as Sargassum polycystum C.Agardh, 1824 Variety Sargassum polycystum var. manilense Grunow, 1886 accepted as Sargassum hombronianum var. manilense (Grunow) Grunow, 1916 Variety Sargassum polycystum var. parvifolium (Turner) Grunow, 1888 accepted as Sargassum parvifolium (Turner) C.Agardh, 1820 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Indian Ocean [details] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494865 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Sargassum polycystum C.Agardh, 1824. 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=494865 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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