Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen 1914
Current name:
Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen
Hollywood Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; pelagic cast - 29 June 2019. M.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen 1914: 66, footnote
Published in: Børgesen, F. (1914). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 2. Phaeophyceae. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 2(2): 1-68, 44 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sargassum is Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Sargassum hystrix var. fluitans Børgesen
Type Information
Type locality: Sargasso Sea; (Silva & al. 1996: 673)
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), floating, swimming (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 May 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
