Sargassum oligocystum Montagne 1845

Current name: Sargassum oligocystum Montagne
1. Phylloids. 2. Vesicles. 3. Fragment with vesicles. 4. Habit (in aquarium). 5. Upper subtidal (Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam). - 09 March 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)

Publication Details
Sargassum oligocystum Montagne 1845: 67

Published in: Montagne, C. (1845). Plantes cellulaires. In: Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelée...pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville. Botanique. (Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. i-xiv, 1-349. Paris: Gide et Cie, Éditeurs.

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Type 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.

Type Information
Type locality: Lampung Bay, Sumatra, Indonesia; (Silva & al. 1996: 690) Type: PC; (Noro, Ajisaka & Yoshida 1994: 27)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 March 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Noro & Abbott (1994: 34) cite the authority for this species as C. Agardh. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Silva et al. (1996) the taxon Sargassum binderi var. ceylanicum Grunow apparently lies within the circumspection of this species but has not yet been transferred or reduced or synonymy. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025