Saccharina subsessilis (J.E.Areschoug) Starko & S.C.Lindstrom 2018
Publication Details
Saccharina subsessilis (J.E.Areschoug) Starko & S.C.Lindstrom 2018: 162, figs 4 A, 5
Published in: Starko, S., Boo, G, H., Martone, P.T. & Lindstrom, S.C. (2018). A molecular investigation of Saccharina sessilis from the Aleutian Islands reveals a species complex, necessitating the new combination Saccharina subsessilis. Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 33(2): 157-166.
Publication date: 2018
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Saccharina is Saccharina plana Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Hafgygia bongardiana f. subsessilis J.E.Areschoug
Type Information
Type locality: Bering Island; Sitka; (INA 1996) Lectotype: UPS; A-823620 (Starko et al. 2018: 162, fig. 4) Notes: Accordng to Setchell (1901: 122, 123), Areschoug does not give the type locality but inferred that it was either Bering Island or Sitka. Setchell's specimens came from the Island of Amaknak in Unalaska Bay. Lectotype designated by Starko & S.C. Lindstrom. They note that this specimen is one of two of this form collected by Kjellman on Bering Island between Aug. 14 and 19, 1879. They consider the other specimen in UPS (A823624) to be a syntype.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 July 2018 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 April 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
