Sargassum fluitans
| Sargassum fluitans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Sargassaceae |
| Genus: | Sargassum |
| Species: | S. fluitans |
| Binomial name | |
| Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen, 1914 | |
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Sargassum fluitans is a species of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae, first described by Danish botanist Frederik Børgesen in 1914.[1][2] In English, it is sometimes referred to as broad-leaved gulfweed.[3]
Ecology
It occurs in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean, including the Sargasso Sea.[4] It is a holopelagic species, living entirely in the open ocean as floating mats.[5] Like other pelagic Sargassum species, it reproduces primarily by fragmentation.[6] It, along with Sargassum natans, have been credited with negatively affecting the beach tourism industry in Yucatán[7] and South Florida.[8] This species serves as a floating substrate for a diverse community of epibiotic organisms, including colonial hydrozoans and other invertebrates.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Børgesen, F. (1914). "The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 2. Phaeophyceae". Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 2 (2): 1–68. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1314.
- ↑ "Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen". AlgaeBase.
- ↑ "Broad-leaved Gulfweed (Sargassum fluitans)". Maryland Biodiversity Project.
- ↑ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Basic Information on Sargassum." https://www.epa.gov/cyanohabs/basic-information-sargassum
- ↑ Gower, J., King, S., & Zheng, G. (2006). Global monitoring of floating Sargassum using MODIS satellite data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 104(4), 338–349.
- ↑ Gower, J., Young, E., & King, S. (2013). Sargassum ecology and reproduction in the North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research II, 93, 2–11.
- ↑ "El sargazo: La macroalga desatada que amenaza al Caribe mexicano".
- ↑ "Sargassum Seaweed in South Florida". 31 August 2018.
- ↑ Lapointe, B.E. et al. (2014). The Sargasso Sea ecosystem. Deep-Sea Research II, 93, 1–2.
- ↑ Govindarajan, AF; Cooney, L (2019). "The distribution and mitochondrial genotype of the hydroid Aglaophenia latecarinata is correlated with its pelagic Sargassum substrate type in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean". PeerJ. 7 e7814. doi:10.7717/peerj.7814. PMC 6802585. PMID 31637119.