Sargassum natans

Sargassum natans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Genus: Sargassum
Species:
S. natans
Binomial name
Sargassum natans
(Linnaeus) Gaillon
Synonyms

Fucus natans Linnaeus, 1753

Sargassum natans is a species of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae.[1] In English the species goes by the common names common gulfweed, narrowleaf gulfweed, or spiny gulfweed.[2]: 126 

It occurs in the Sargasso Sea.: 123  It is also pelagic[3] and reproduces by fragmentation.[4]: 65  It, along with Sargassum fluitans, have been credited with plaguing beach tourism industry in Yucatán[5] and South Florida.[6]

References

  1. ^ Guiry MD, Guiry GM (eds.). "Sargassum natans (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  2. ^ Pereira, Leonel (2016-01-08). Edible Seaweeds of the World. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4987-3050-1.
  3. ^ Coulombe, Deborah A. (1990-02-14). Seaside Naturalist. Simon and Schuster. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-671-76503-3.
  4. ^ Fleurence, Joël; Levine, Ira (2016-04-05). Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-802793-6.
  5. ^ "El sargazo: La macroalga desatada que amenaza al Caribe mexicano".
  6. ^ "Sargassum Seaweed in South Florida". 31 August 2018.


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