Biology:Sargassum natans
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Short description: Species of macroalgae
| Sargassum natans | |
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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. natans
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| Binomial name | |
| Sargassum natans (Linnaeus) Gaillon
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Sargassum natans is a species of Sargassum.[1]
In English the species goes by the common names common gulfweed, narrowleaf gulfweed, or spiny gulfweed.[2](p126)
It occurs in the Sargasso Sea.(p123) It is also pelagic[3] and reproduces by fragmentation.[4](p65) It along with Sargassum fluitans have been credited with plaguing the Yucatán beach tourism industry.[5] and South Florida.[6]
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sargassum natans (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145560.
- ↑ Pereira, Leonel (2016-01-08) (in en). Edible Seaweeds of the World. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4987-3050-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sy90DgAAQBAJ&dq=Sargassum+natans&pg=PA126.
- ↑ Coulombe, Deborah A. (1990-02-14) (in en). Seaside Naturalist. Simon and Schuster. pp. 36. ISBN 978-0-671-76503-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=VOoqKMdI0ekC&dq=Sargassum+natans&pg=PA36.
- ↑ Fleurence, Joël; Levine, Ira (2016-04-05) (in en). Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-802793-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=nBQoCgAAQBAJ&dq=Sargassum+natans&pg=PA455.
- ↑ "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/.
Wikidata ☰ Q12215683 entry
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