Sargassum

Sargassum is a genus of generally planktonic (free-floating) macroalgae (seaweed) in the order Fucales. The Atlantic Ocean's Sargasso Sea gets its name from the large amount of several species of Sargassum that grow there.

Sargassum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Fucales
Family:
Sargassaceae
Genus:
Sargassum
Species

Many[1]

References

  1. "Algaebase". Retrieved 17 September 2014.


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