Saccharina

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]

Saccharina
Saccharina latissima
Scientific classification
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Ochrophyta
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

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
  1. M. D. Guiry. "Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina". www.seaweed.ie.
  2. Laminaria seafarming in China FAO
  3. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Saccharina". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  4. 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. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00204.x.
  5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Saccharina Stackhouse, 1809". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
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