Sargassum natans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: | Fucales |
Family: | Sargassaceae |
Genus: | Sargassum |
Species: | S. natans
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Binomial name | |
Sargassum natans | |
Synonyms | |
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]