Turbinaria turbinata   (Linneaus) Kuntze,  1898 (Algae)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Chromista
Phylum:Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order:Fucales
Family:Sargassaceae

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Description
Plants erect, to 4 dm or more in height from a branching holdfast, virgate or with long branches and beset with shorter spur branches bearing the leaves. Leaves obpyramidal, reaching 1 cm long and broad on fertile branches or somewhat larger where the plants are sterile. Petiolar part of the leaf with 3 nearly smooth-margined ridges. Distal part of at least the upper leaves generally vesicular, the flattened top with a fairly broad, rounded-triangular to nearly circular membranous expansion having an entire or more commonly an aculeate-dentate margin. Cryptostomata numerous, scattered. Receptacles abundant, densely forking, axillary or between the leaves.

Synonym (s)
• Fucus turbinatus Linnaeus, 1753
(Homotypic synonym)
• Sargassum turbinatum (Linnaeus) C. Agardh, 1820
(Homotypic synonym)
• Turbinaria vulgaris var. trialata J. Agardh, 1848
(Heterotypic synonym)
• Turbinaria trialata (J. Agardh) Kutzing, 1860
(Heterotypic synonym)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat:  Reef Associated, Rocky, Coastal
Biogeography


• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Havelock (Lat: 11.97) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Gujarat, Okha (Lat: 22.48) (Long: 69.1) INDIA
• Lakshadweep (Lat: 11) (Long: 72.5) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands (Lat: 11.12) (Long: 92.82) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands INDIA
• Java INDONESIA
• SRI LANKA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Havelock INDIA (Record: 01/1978-04/1978)
Literature Source(s)
  • Bakus, JG (1993) Coral reef ecosystems Oxford and IBH publishing CO. PVT. LTD 232 pp Available at - NIO, RC, Kochi
  • Sahoo, D; Nivedita and Debasish (2001) Seaweeds of Indian coast S. B. Nangia, A. P. H. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi 283 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Silva, PC; Basson, PW and Moe, RL (1996) Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean University of California Press 79 1259 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Oza, RM and Zaidi, SH (2001) A revised checklist of Indian marine algae Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • (2006) Algaebase Available at - http://www.algaebase.org/
  • Gopinathan, CP and Panigrahy, R (1983) Seaweed resources Mariculture potential of Andaman and Nicobar Islands-An indicative survey Bulletin of Central Marine Research Institute CMFRI, Cochin 34 47-51 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/917/1/Bulletin_No_34-8.pdf
  • Taylor, WR (1972) Marine algae of the eastern tropical and subtropical coasts of the Americas University of Michigan Press 870 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
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