Saccharina sessilis (C.Agardh) Kuntze 1891

Current name: Hedophyllum sessile (C.Agardh) Setchell
Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; lower intertidal. - 15 June 2003. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Saccharina sessilis (C.Agardh) Kuntze 1891: 915

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 5 November 1891

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Saccharina is Saccharina plana Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hedophyllum sessile (C.Agardh) Setchell.

Source of Synonymy
Starko, S., Soto Gomez, M., Darby, H., Demes, K.W., Kawai, H., Yotsukura, N., Lindstrom, S.C., Keeling, P.J., Graham, S.W. & Martone, P.T. (2019). A comprehensive kelp phylogeny sheds light on the evolution of an ecosystem. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 136: 138-150, 5 figs.

Basionym
Laminaria sessilis C.Agardh

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 January 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 June 2019

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Habitat note
Low and mid intertidal; tide pool epilithic (Augyte & Shaughnessy, 2014). - (03 December 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 June 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025