Saccharina Explained
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]
The commercially important species Saccharina japonica (Laminaria japonica) is cultivated as kombu, a popular food in Japan.[2]
Species
The following is a list of the 24 species of Saccharina:[3] [4]
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina . M. D. Guiry . www.seaweed.ie.
- Laminaria seafarming in China FAOhttp://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/AB724E/AB724E00.htm
- 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00204.x . 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 .
- Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Saccharina Stackhouse, 1809. www.marinespecies.org. 2019-05-11.
