Saccharina

Saccharina
	Saccharina latissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Gyrista
Subphylum:	Ochrophytina
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Laminariales
Family:	Laminariaceae
Genus:	Saccharina; Stackh.
Type species
	Saccharina plana Stackh. ; = Saccharina latissima (L.) C.E. Lane et al.;
Species
	24 species; see text

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]^[5]

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

References

^ M. D. Guiry. "Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina". www.seaweed.ie.
FAO[1]

^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Saccharina". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.

doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00204.x
.

^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Saccharina Stackhouse, 1809". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

Taxon identifiers
Saccharina

Wikidata: Q3010381

Wikispecies: Saccharina

AlgaeBase: 46579

CoL: 7PYFM

EoL: 90326

GBIF: 3195823

iNaturalist: 130243

IRMNG: 1275505

NBN: NHMSYS0020955249

NCBI: 309357

Open Tree of Life: 690480

WoRMS: 234482

Authority control databases: National

Israel

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[1] M. D. Guiry. "Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina". www.seaweed.ie.

[2] FAO[1]

[3] Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Saccharina". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.

[4] :10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00204.x
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[5] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Saccharina Stackhouse, 1809". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

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