Gongolaria Explained

Gongolaria is a genus of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae. It was formerly included in Cystoseira, but was recently found not to be closely related to it.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

The following species are listed in AlgaeBase:^[4]

• Gongolaria abies-marina (S.G.Gmelin) Kuntze
• Gongolaria algeriensis (Feldmann) Molinari & Guiry
• Gongolaria baccata (S.G.Gmelin, 1768) Molinari & Guiry
• Gongolaria barbata (Stackhouse) Kuntze
• Gongolaria elegans (Sauvageau) Molinari & Guiry
• Gongolaria gibraltarica (Sauvageau) Neiva, Bermejo & Serrão
• Gongolaria mauritanica (Sauvageau) Molinari & Guiry
• Gongolaria montagnei (J.Agardh) Kuntze
• Gongolaria nodicaulis (Withering) Molinari & Guiry
• Gongolaria rayssiae (Ramon) Molinari & Guiry
• Gongolaria sauvageauana (Hamel) Molinari & Guiry
• Gongolaria sonderi (Kützing) Neiva, João Soares & Serrão
• Gongolaria squarrosa (De Notaris) Kuntze
• Gongolaria susanensis (Nizamuddin) Molinari & Guiry
• Gongolaria triquetra (C.Agardh) Kuntze
• Gongolaria usneoides (Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry

Notes and References

1. Molinari Novoa . E.A. . Guiry . M.D. . Reinstatement of the genera Gongolaria Boehmer and Ericaria Stackhouse (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae) . Notulae Algarum . 2020 . 172 . 1–10 . 13 January 2024.
2. Orellana . S. . Hernández . M. . Sansón . M. . 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 . 2019 . 54 . 3 . 447–465 . 10.1080/09670262.2019.1590862.
3. Neiva . J.M. . Bermejo . R. . Medrano . A. . Capdevila . P. . Milla-Figueras . D. . Afonso . P. . Ballesteros . E. . Sabour . B. . Serio . D. . Nóbrega . E. . Soares . J. . Valdazo . J. . Tuya . F. . Mulas . M. . Israel . A. . Sadogurska . S.S. . Guiry . M.D. . Pearson . G.A. . Serrão . E.A. . DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae) . European Journal of Phycology . 2023 . 58 . 3 . 351–375 . 10.1080/09670262.2022.2126894. 10261/283058 . free .
4. Web site: Molinari Novoa . E.A. . Guiry . M.D. . Guiry . G.M. . Gongolaria Boehmer, 1760 . AlgaeBase . 13 January 2024.