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Saccharina
Saccharina is a genus of 24 species of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m (exceptionally to 120 m in the warmer waters of the Mediterranean Sea and off Brazil).[1]
| Saccharina | |
|---|---|
| Saccharina latissima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Laminariales |
| Family: | Laminariaceae |
| Genus: | Saccharina Stackh. |
| Type species | |
| Saccharina plana Stackh. = Saccharina latissima (L.) C.E. Lane et al. | |
| Species | |
| 24 species; see text | |
The commercially important species Saccharina japonica (Laminaria japonica) is cultivated as kombu, a popular food in Japan.[2]
Species edit
The following is a list of the 24 species of Saccharina:[3][4][5]
- Saccharina angustata (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina angustissima (Collins) Augyte, Yarish & Neefus
- Saccharina bongardiana (Postels & Ruprecht) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I. Hansen
- Saccharina cichorioides (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina coriacea (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina complanata (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Gabrielson, Lindstrom & O'Kelly
- Saccharina crassifolia (Postels & Ruprecht) Kuntze
- Saccharina dentigera (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina groenlandica (Rosenvinge) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina gurjanovae (A.D. Zinova) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I. Hansen
- Saccharina gyrata (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina japonica (J.E. Areschoug) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina kurilensis C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina lanciformis (Petrov) N.G.Klockova & Beliyi
- Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina longicruris (Bachelot de la Pylaie) Kuntze
- Saccharina longipedales (Okamura) C.E. Lane, C. Maves, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina longissima (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina ochotensis (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina religiosa (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina sachalinensis (Miyabe) N.Yotsukura & L.D.Druehl
- Saccharina sculpera (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina sessilis (C. Agardh) Kuntze
- Saccharina yendoana (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
References edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Saccharina.
- ^ M. D. Guiry. "Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina". www.seaweed.ie.
- ^ Laminaria seafarming in China FAO[1]
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Saccharina". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- ^ Lane, C.E.; C. Mayes; L.D. Druehl; G.W. Saunders (2006). "A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization". Journal of Phycology. 42 (2): 493–512. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00204.x.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Saccharina Stackhouse, 1809". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-05-11.