Insights into the species diversity of the genus Sargassum (Phaeophyceae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with a focus on a pre-viously unnoticed taxon from Algeria

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Published: May 23, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.14079
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Algeria Mediterranean Sea Phaeophyceae Sargassum flavifolium Sargassum spp.
MOUNIA AOUISSI
Laboratoire Bioressources Marines, Université Badji-Mokhtar, BP 12, El-Hadjar, 23000 An-naba
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2459-1813
LOUIZA NESRINE SELLAM
Laboratoire d’Océanographie Biologique et Environnement Marin (LOBEM), Faculté des Sciences Biologiques (FSB), Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari-Boumédiène, BP 32 El-Alia, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algiers
CHARLES F. BOUDOURESQUE
Aix-Marseille University, University of Toulon, CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Campus of Luminy, 13288 Marseille
AURELIE BLANFUNÉ
Aix-Marseille University, University of Toulon, CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Campus of Luminy, 13288 Marseille
FARID DERBAL
Laboratoire Bioressources Marines, Université Badji-Mokhtar, BP 12, El-Hadjar, 23000 An-naba
HOCINE FRIHI
Laboratoire Bioressources Marines, Université Badji-Mokhtar, BP 12, El-Hadjar, 23000 An-naba
MICHELE PERRET-BOUDOURESQUE
Aix-Marseille University, University of Toulon, CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Campus of Luminy, 13288 Marseille
CHAFIKA REBZANI-ZAHAF
Laboratoire d’Océanographie Biologique et Environnement Marin (LOBEM), Faculté des Sciences Biologiques (FSB), Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari-Boumédiène, BP 32 El-Alia, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algiers
MARC VERLAQUE
Aix-Marseille University, University of Toulon, CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Campus of Luminy, 13288 Marseille
THIERRY THIBAUT
Aix-Marseille University, University of Toulon, CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Campus of Luminy, 13288 Marseille
Abstract

Nine currently accepted species of the genus Sargassum (Phaeophyceae) have been recorded from the Mediterranean Sea: S. acinarium, S. desfontainesii, S. flavifolium, S. furcatum, S. hornschuchii, S. muticum, S. ramentaceum, S. trichocarpum and S. vulgare. Two of them, S. desfontainesii and S. furcatum, are Atlantic species, the Mediterranean range of which is restricted to the Alboran Sea, close to the Strait of Gibraltar. Three species, S. hornschuchii, S. ramentaceum and S. trichocarpum are endemic to the Mediterranean. The presence of S. flavifolium in the Mediterranean, a north-eastern Atlantic species, is at least in part based upon a misidentification and therefore requires confirmation. A taxon collected near Algiers and Annaba (Algeria), here referred to as ‘Sargassum sp. from Algeria’, although sharing most characters with S. flavifolium, also presents some distinctive characters. In the absence of genetic data, confirming or not its taxonomic value, and in the lack of studies on the herbaria containing the types of many species currently considered as synonyms of S. flavifolium, but which are possible candidates for accommodating the Algerian specimens, the authors prefer a conservative approach. They do not describe a new species, which would be premature, but draw attention to a taxon which may be more widely distributed in the Mediterranean rather than solely along the Algerian coasts.

 

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