Sargassum
Sargassum
Sargassum is a genus of brown (class Phaeophyceae) macroalgae (seaweed) in the order Fucales. Numerous species are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world, where they generally inhabit shallow water and coral reefs, and the genus is widely known for its planktonic (free-floating) species. While most species within the class Phaeophyceae are predominantly cold water organisms that benefit from nutrients upwelling, genus Sargassum appears to be an exception to this general rule. Any...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Japanese Wireweed
speciesSargassum muticum
Broad-leaved gulfweed
speciesSargassum fluitans
Devil weed
speciesSargassum horneri
Sargassum sinclairii
speciesSargassum sinclairii
Narrowleaf Sargasso
speciesSargassum natans
Double-edge Sargassum
speciesSargassum aquifolium
Sargassum vulgare
speciesSargassum vulgare
Different-leaf Sargassum
speciesSargassum incisifolium
Sargassum filipendula
speciesSargassum filipendula
Sargassum polyphyllum
speciesSargassum polyphyllum
Sargassum agardhianum
speciesSargassum agardhianum
Sargassum paradoxum
speciesSargassum paradoxum
Sargassum ilicifolium
speciesSargassum ilicifolium
Hijiki
speciesSargassum fusiforme
Sargassum polycystum
speciesSargassum polycystum
Sargassum palmeri
speciesSargassum palmeri
Sargassum lacerifolium
speciesSargassum lacerifolium
Sargassum hemiphyllum
speciesSargassum hemiphyllum
Sargassum pallidum
speciesSargassum pallidum
Sargassum obtusifolium
speciesSargassum obtusifolium
Sargassum scabridum
speciesSargassum scabridum
Sargassum thunbergii
speciesSargassum thunbergii
White-vein Sargassum
speciesSargassum hystrix
Sargassum polyceratium
speciesSargassum polyceratium
Sargassum linearifolium
speciesSargassum linearifolium
Sargassum spinuligerum
speciesSargassum spinuligerum
Sargassum miyabei
speciesSargassum miyabei
Sargassum acinarium
speciesSargassum acinarium
Sargassum sinicola
speciesSargassum sinicola
Sargassum fulvellum
speciesSargassum fulvellum
Sargassum cymosum
speciesSargassum cymosum
Bermuda Gulfweed
speciesSargassum bermudense
Sargassum liebmannii
speciesSargassum liebmannii
Sargassum elegans
speciesSargassum elegans
Sargassum furcatum
speciesSargassum furcatum
Sargassum fallax
speciesSargassum fallax
Sargassum flavicans
speciesSargassum flavicans
Sargassum pacificum
speciesSargassum pacificum
Sargassum decurrens
speciesSargassum decurrens
Sargassum johnsonii
speciesSargassum johnsonii
Sargassum confusum
speciesSargassum confusum
Sargassum platycarpum
speciesSargassum platycarpum
Sargassum desfontainesii
speciesSargassum desfontainesii
Sargassum rasta
speciesSargassum rasta
String Sargassum
speciesSargassum setifolium
Sargassum ligulatum
speciesSargassum ligulatum
Sargassum oligocystum
speciesSargassum oligocystum
Sargassum tristichum
speciesSargassum tristichum
Sargassum macrocarpum
speciesSargassum macrocarpum
Sargassum flavifolium
speciesSargassum flavifolium
Sargassum ringgoldianum
speciesSargassum ringgoldianum
Gujarat Sargassum
speciesSargassum prismaticum
Sargassum cinereum
speciesSargassum cinereum
Sargassum obovatum
speciesSargassum obovatum
Sargassum pteropleuron
speciesSargassum pteropleuron
Sargassum distichum
speciesSargassum distichum
Sargassum hornschuchii
speciesSargassum hornschuchii
Sargassum podacanthum
speciesSargassum podacanthum
Kagoshima Sargassum
speciesSargassum piluliferum
Sargassum asperifolium
speciesSargassum asperifolium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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