Species under Sargassum
n= 45
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Sargassum acinaciforme
Montagne
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum agardhianum
Farlow ex J. Agardh
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum angustifolium
C. Agardh
Narrowleaf sargassum weed Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum aquifolium
(Turner) C. Agardh
Indo-Pacific
Sargassum asperifolium
Hering & G. Martens ex J. Agardh
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum boveanum
J. Agardh
Cattle sargassum Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum cervicorne
Greville
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum crassifolium
J. Agardh
Common Pacific sargassum Indo-West Pacific
Sargassum cymosum
C. Agardh
Western Central Atlantic
Sargassum dentifolium
(Turner) C. Agardh
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum echinocarpum
J. Agardh
Eastern Central Pacific
Sargassum filipendula
C. Agardh
Western Indian Ocean and Western Central Atlantic
Sargassum fissifolium
(Mertens) C. Agardh
Western Pacific
Sargassum flavifolium
Kützing
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum fluitans
(Børgesen) Børgesen
Gulf weed Western Central Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum gracillimum
Reinbold
Gracile sargassum Indo-West Pacific
Sargassum herbaceum
Kützing
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum hystrix
J. Agardh
White-vein sargassum Western Central Atlantic
Sargassum ilicifolium
(Turner) Agardh
Double-bladed sargassum Indo-Pacific Ocean
Sargassum johnsonii
V.J.Chapman
Southwest Pacific
Sargassum kushimotense
Yendo
Western Central Pacific
Sargassum latifolium
(Turner) C. Agardh
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum muticum
(Yendo) Fensholt
Jap weed Northeast Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and Mediterranean
Sargassum natans
(Linnaeus) Gaillon
Sargasso weed Western Indian Ocean and Western Central Atlantic
Sargassum obtusifolium
J. Agardh
Eastern Pacific
Sargassum oligocystum
Montagne, 1845
Flat-stemmed sargassum Indian Ocean
Sargassum pacificum
Bory de Saint-Vincent
Southwest Pacific
Sargassum palmeri
Grunow
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum paniculatum
J. Agardh
Serrate sargassum Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans
Sargassum persicum
Kützing
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum platycarpum
Montagne
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum polyceratium
Montagne
Western Central Atlantic
Sargassum polyceratium var. ovatum
(F.S.Collins) W.R.Taylor, 1928
Western Central Atlantic
Sargassum polycystum
C. Agardh
Rough-stemmed sargassum Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans
Sargassum polyphyllum
J. Agardh
Eastern Central Pacific
Sargassum pteropleuron
Grunow
Western Central Atlantic
Sargassum siliquosum
J. Agardh
Western Central Pacific
Sargassum sinclairii
J.D. Hooker & Harvey
Southwest Pacific
Sargassum swartzii
C. Agardh
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum tenerrimum
J. Agardh
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum tenuissimum
(Endlicher & Diesling) Grunow, 1915
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum turbinarioides
Grunow
Bell-bladed sargassum Indo-West Pacific
Sargassum turbinatifolium
C.K. Tseng & Lu
Indo-Pacific 20
Sargassum virgatum
C. Agardh
Western Indian Ocean
Sargassum vulgare
C. Agardh, nom. illeg.
Western Indian Ocean, Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
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