Ericaria amentacea

Ericaria amentacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Gyrista
Subphylum:	Ochrophytina
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Fucales
Family:	Sargassaceae
Genus:	Ericaria
Species:	E. amentacea
Binomial name
	Ericaria amentacea; (C.Agardh) Molinari & Guiry, 2020
Synonyms
	Cystoseira ericoides var. amentacea C.Agardh, 1821; Cystoseira amentacea (C.Agardh) Bory 1832; Halerica amentacea (C.Agardh) Kützing 1843; Gongolaria amentacea (C.Agardh) Kuntze 1891; Carpodesmia amentacea (C.Agardh) Orellana & Sansón 2019; Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta Montagne 1846; Cystoseira stricta (Montagne) Sauvageau 1911; Cystoseira stricta var. amentacea (Bory) Giaccone 1973;

Ericaria amentacea (syns. Cystoseira amentacea, Carpodesmia amentacea) is a large marine brown algae.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

Ericaria amentacea occurs in the Azores and the western Mediterranean Sea. It forms a species complex with Ericaria selaginoides, a similar but non caespitose species from the Northeast Atlantic amd western Mediterranean.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Guiry, M. "Ericaria amentacea (C.Agardh) Molinari & Guiry 2020". AlgaeBase. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
^ Neiva, J.M.; Bermejo, R.; Medrano, A.; Capdevila, P.; Milla-Figueras, D.; Afonso, P.; Ballesteros, E.; Sabour, B.; Serio, D.; Nóbrega, E.; Soares, J.; Valdazo, J.; Tuya, F.; Mulas, M.; Israel, A.; Sadogurska, S.S.; Guiry, M.D.; Pearson, G.A.; Serrão, E.A. (2023). "DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae)". European Journal of Phycology. 58 (3): 351–375. doi:10.1080/09670262.2022.2126894. hdl:10261/283058.