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Publish Date : 2015-09-16
Journal of Marine Biology and Aquaculture

The Morphotaxonomy and Distribution of the Genus Sargassum C Agardh (Fucales Phaeophyta) from Kampani Coastal Areas

mrakyawt wai
Hsu Mon Oo1, Chaw Thiri Pyae Phyo Aye2, Mya Kyawt Wai3*, Soe Pa Pa Kyaw3, U. Soe-Htun4
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Affiliation

  • 1MSc Candidate, Department of Marine Science, Mawlamyine University
  • 2Demonstrator, Department of Marine Science, Mawlamyine University
  • 3Assistant Lecturer, Department of Marine Science, Mawlamyine University
  • 4Professor & Head, Department of Marine Science, Mawlamyine University

Corresponding Author

Mya Kyawt Wai, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Marine Science, Mawlamyine University, Myanmar; E-mail: mrakyawtwai@gmial.com

Citation

Mya Kyawt, W., et al. The Morphotaxonomy and Distribution of the Genus Sargassum C. Agardh (Fucales, Phaeophyta) from Kampani Coastal Areas. (2015) J Marine Biol Aquacult 1(2): 1- 12.

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©2015 Mya Kyawt Wai. This is an Open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Abstract

 

  Three species of Sargassum belonging to the Sargassum subgenus Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyta) collected from the Kampani coastal areas- Thabawseik and southern Kampani from October 2012 to March 2013, had been identified as Sargassum swartzii (Turner) C. Agardh and S. cervicorne Greville under the section Binderiana and S. plagiophyllum C. Agardh (with or without stolons) under the section Polycystae based on a detailed account of morphologies of vegetative and reproductive structures of the plants. Sargassum plagiophyllum C. Agardh (with or without stolons) is the most common species occurring in the two study areas. The growth patterns in the development of furcate cauline leaf, dwarfs of main branch as well as different orders of branches, leaves, vesicles and receptacles of Sargassum swartzii (Turner) C. Agardh and S. cervicorne Greville under Sargassum section Binderiana was recorded. In addition, S. cervicorne Greville was firstly reported from Kampani coastal areas. Moreover, the simple cauline leaf, dwarfs of main branch or stolons as well as different orders of branches, leaves, vesicles and receptacles of S. plagiophyllum C. Agardh (with or without stolons) under Sargassum section Polycystae belonging to the S. subgenus Sargassum from Kampani coastal areas was also recorded.