Biology:Sargassum fluitans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Sargassaceae |
| Genus: | Sargassum |
| Species: | S. fluitans
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| 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. https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=825.
- ↑ "Broad-leaved Gulfweed (Sargassum fluitans)". Maryland Biodiversity Project. https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/species/22933.
- ↑ 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". https://www.agenciasinc.es/Reportajes/El-sargazo-la-macroalga-desatada-que-amenaza-al-Caribe-mexicano.
- ↑ "Sargassum Seaweed in South Florida". 31 August 2018. https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/miamidadeco/2018/08/31/sargassum-seaweed-in-south-florida/.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.7717/peerj.7814. PMID 31637119.
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