Analipus japonicus explained

Analipus japonicus, or sea fir, is a brown alga species in the genus Analipus.

This species contains the phlorotannins difucol, trifucol, tetrafucol A and B, two pentafucols, four hexafucols, a heptafucol mixture and halogenated compounds such as bromo- and chlorotrifucol, 5'-bromo- and 5'-chlorotetrafucol-A as well as 5'-bromo- and 5'-chloropentafucol-A.^[1]

This brown alga species is a Pacific subtropical-boreal plant species that populates the stone coast from the Sea of Japan to the Bering Sea and from Alaska to California. The Analipus thallus is an abiding lobed basal crust ("tar spot"), from which a short lived vertical axis with a number of branches develop. From the branches develop a unilocular or multilocular sporangia advance on the branches.^[2]

Further reading

• Bilan, M.I.. Zakharova, A.N.. Grachev, A.A.. Shashkov, A.S. Nifantiev, N.E.. Usov, A.I.. Polysaccharides of algae: 60. Fucoidan from the pacific brown alga Analipus japonicus (Harv.) winne (Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae). Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry. January–February 2007. 33. 1. 38–46. 10.1134/S1068162007010049. 19256191 .
• Nelson, W.A.. De Wreede, R.E.. REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY OF ANALIPUS-JAPONICUS HARV. WYNNE PHAEOPHYTA IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. Japanese Journal of Phycology. 1989. 37. 1. 53–56.

External links

• • Analipus japonicus at Algaebase. Includes photo gallery
• Analipus japonicus at Seaweeds of Alaska. Includes photo gallery

Notes and References

1. 17262334. 1989. Glombitza, =KW. Zieprath, G. Phlorotannins from the Brown Alga Analipus japonicus1. 55. 2. 171–5. 10.1055/s-2006-961916. Planta Medica.
2. Kepel, A. A.. Reproductive phenology of the brown alga Analipus japonicus in Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan). Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok). 2000. 26. 6. 426–429. 10.1023/A:1009407123886. 1696291 .