Sargassum linearifolium

Short description: Species of seaweed

Sargassum linearifolium

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Clade:  | Diaphoretickes
Clade:  | SAR
Clade:  | Stramenopiles
Phylum:  | Gyrista
Subphylum:  | Ochrophytina
Class:  | Phaeophyceae
Order:  | Fucales
Family:  | Sargassaceae
Genus:  | Sargassum
Species:  |

S. linearifolium

Binomial name
Sargassum linearifolium

(Turner) C.Agardh

Synonyms

* Fucus linearifolius \- Turner
* Sargassum merrifieldii \- C.Agardh

Sargassum linearifolium is a species of brown macroalgae that is common along the coast of southern Australia, though probably excluding Tasmania. The most widely distributed southern Australian species of Sargassum. Often common in rock pools or the uppermost sublittoral areas on coasts where there is strong to moderate water movement. The original specimen's locality is likely to be King George Sound in Western Australia. This seaweed first appeared in scientific literature as Fucus linearifolius in the year 1808. Published by the English botanist Dawson Turner.[1][2][3][4]

## References

1. ↑ "Sargassum linearifolium". Atlas Of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/54105047. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
2. ↑ "Sargassum linearifolium". Electronic Flora of South Australia Species Fact Sheet. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/Marine_Benthic_Flora_SA/Part_II/Sargassum_linearifolium.shtml. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
3. ↑ "Sargassum linearifolium". FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/27249. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
4. ↑ "Fucus linearifolius". WORMS World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=500207. Retrieved 2019-05-26.

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