Sargassum natans
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| Sargassum natans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Sargassaceae |
| Genus: | Sargassum |
| Species: | S. natans |
| Binomial name | |
| Sargassum natans | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fucus natans Linnaeus, 1753 | |
Sargassum natans is a species of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae.[1] In English the species goes by the common names common gulfweed, narrowleaf gulfweed, or spiny gulfweed.[2]: 126
It occurs in the Sargasso Sea.: 123 It is also pelagic[3] and reproduces by fragmentation.[4]: 65 It, along with Sargassum fluitans, have been credited with plaguing beach tourism industry in Yucatán[5] and South Florida.[6] This species serves as a substrate for colonial hydrozoans, including Aglaophenia latecarinata, which has been reported to cover more than 40% of the macroalgae's surface in some cases.[7][8]
