Taxonomy
Herbarium specimen from the Friday Harbor Labs Herbarium, collected at Eagle Cove, San Juan Island 1982. Example of a high wave morphology. |
Saccharina sessile (C. Agardh) Küntze Division: Ochrophyta Former scientific name: Hedophyllum sessile (C. Agardh) Setchell 1901; Laminaria sessilis C. Agardh 1824 (2) New taxonomy from CE Lane et al. in 2006: "A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization" Type locality: Whidbey Island, WA |
(2) Algaebase: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=4877&sk=10
(3) Lane, C.E. et al. 2006. A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization. Journal of Phycology. Vol. 42, no2, pp. 493-512