Gongolaria baccata

Short description: Species of seaweed

Gongolaria baccata

Scientific classification
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Binomial name
Gongolaria baccata

(S.G.Gmelin) Molinari & Guiry, 2020 [1]

Synonyms[1]

* Fucus baccatus S.G.Gmelin, 1768
* Fucus abrotanoides S.G.Gmelin 1768
* Fucus fibrosus Hudson, 1778
* Cystoseira fibrosa (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1820
* Cystoseira thesiophylla Duby 1830
* Phyllacantha fibrosa (S.G.Gmelin) Kützing, 1843
* Phyllacantha thesiophylla (Duby) Kützing 1860
* Cystoseira baccata (Hudson) (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva 1952
* Treptacantha baccata (S.G.Gmelin) Orellana & Sansón 2019

Gongolaria baccata (syn. Cystoseira baccata) is a species of brown seaweed in the family Fucaceae. It is found in the north east Atlantic, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The species name baccata means "berry-like" and refers to the small air bladders.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Description
* 3 Distribution and habitat
* 4 Biology
* 5 References

## Taxonomy

This species was known as Cystoseira fibrosa until 1950, when P.C.Silva pointed out that it had first been described in 1768 by S.G.Gmelin, who had found the lectotype in the Netherlands and called it Fucus baccatus. His original material cannot now be found but his illustration serves to identify this species.[2] This species was recently found to not belong in Cystoseira, and was moved to the genus Gongolaria along with related species.[3][4][5]

## Description

Cystoseira baccata is a tough, leathery seaweed of a yellowish or brownish colour. It is a perennial, each year growing new branches up to 50 cm long from a dark brown, cone-shaped base. The main axis is flattened and has a cross section of 1 cm x 0.5 cm. The side branches are alternate and cylindrical, being arranged in a pinnate fashion. The smallest branches are fine and wiry. There are small, lemon-shaped aerocysts or air bladders on the smaller branches. Usually these are single but sometimes there are several in a chain. When the lateral branches are shed in the winter, the base of the main axis can be seen to have a zigzag shape caused by the deciduous primary laterals. The receptacles are terminal, up to 5 cm long, cylindrical with knot-like swellings and covered with tiny threads.[6][1] In the spring when new lateral shoots grow there are few if any aerocysts. By the autumn they are more numerous and noticeable.[2]

## Distribution and habitat

Gongolaria baccata occurs from the Baltic Sea south to the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands, Mauritania and Western Sahara.[1] It is commonest in France and Spain , and in the British Isles it is mostly found in the Channel Islands, the south coast of England and the west coast of Ireland.[2] It is usually found on the lower shore and the sublittoral zone attached to rocks or higher up the shore in deep pools with sandy bases.[2][6]

## Biology

The conceptacles of G. baccata are specialised reproductive cavities and form in the receptacles which are fertile from June until the autumn. Inside the conceptacles are antheridial hairs on which the antheridia or male gametes develop. About forty oospheres or female gametes also develop in each conceptacle. The antheridia are liberated first through a pore called the ostiole and accumulate around it in an orange mound. The ripe oospheres are then liberated and are fertilised externally. They become more rounded and sink to the sea floor where segmentation starts within a few hours. Four primary rhizoids develop from each and the lateral branches soon begin to grow.[2]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gongolaria baccata (S.G.Gmelin) Molinari & Guiry 2020  AlgaeBase. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Studies on marine algae of the British Isles. 4. Cystoseira baccata (Gmelin) Silva Retrieved 2011-09-18.
3. ↑ Molinari Novoa, E.A.; Guiry, M.D. (2020). "Reinstatement of the genera Gongolaria Boehmer and Ericaria Stackhouse (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae)". Notulae Algarum 172: 1–10. https://notulaealgarum.org/2020/documents/Notulae Algarum No. 172.pdf. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
4. ↑ Orellana, S.; Hernández, M.; Sansón, M. (2019). "Diversity of Cystoseira sensu lato (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean based on morphological and DNA evidence, including Carpodesmia gen. emend. and Treptacantha gen. emend.". European Journal of Phycology 54 (3): 447–465. doi:10.1080/09670262.2019.1590862.
5. ↑ Neiva, J.M.; Bermejo, R.; Medrano, A.; Capdevila, P.; Milla-Figueras, D.; Afonso, P.; Ballesteros, E.; Sabour, B. et al. (2023). "DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae)". European Journal of Phycology 58 (3): 351–375. doi:10.1080/09670262.2022.2126894.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cystoseira baccata (S.G. Gmelin) P.C. Silva The Seaweed Site. Retrieved 2011-09-18.

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