Sargassum muticum Japanese Sargasso Weed, Japanese Wireweed

Sargassum muticum is commonly referred to as Japanese Sargasso Weed, Japanese Wireweed. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6258 

AphiaID:

494791 

Scientific:

Sargassum muticum 

German:

Japanischer Beerentang 

English:

Japanese Sargasso Weed, Japanese Wireweed 

Category:

Brown algae 

Family tree:

Chromista (Kingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Fucales (Order) > Sargassaceae (Family) > Sargassum (Genus) > muticum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Yendo) Fensholt, 1955 

Occurrence:

Russland, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alaska East Coast USA, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of California, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Portugal, Scandinavia, Skagerrak (North Sea), South-Africa, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, USA 

Sea depth:

3 - 5 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Sargassum aquifolium
  Seetang
• 
  Sargassum fluitans
  Golftang
• 
  Sargassum fulvellum
  Seetang, Seelilie, Golfkraut, Jinba-Alge
• 
  Sargassum horneri
  Devil Weed, Seetang
• 
  Sargassum muticum
  Japanischer Beerentang
• 
  Sargassum vulgare
  Beerentang

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-21 20:29:09 

Last edit:

2023-09-07 20:30:45 

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