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BM000563044

Classification
Scientific name: Sargassum polycystum C.Agardh
Author: C.Agardh
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Genus: Sargassum
Species: polycystum
Higher classification: Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Fucales; Sargassaceae
Location
Country: Mauritius
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Mauritius
Decimal latitude: -20.278000
Decimal longitude: 57.597000
Verbatim latitude: 20 16 40.80 S
Verbatim longitude: 057 35 49.20 E
Coordinate uncertainty: 69m
Georeference protocol: Google Earth
Collection event
Recorded by: Charles Telfair
Record number: 1
Identification
Identified by: Fredrik Christian Emil Børgesen
Type status: Syntype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Sargassum polycystum C.Agardh Yes
Sargassum polycystum C.Agardh No
Sargassum onustum Harv. No
Specimen
Catalogue number: BM000563044
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Algae
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4722156
Collection kind: sheet
Record
Occurrence ID: 674f97f1-08d1-486f-bf7c-6a16a781068b
Modified: 2025-03-19 09:24:12 (UTC)
Created: 2007-09-27 09:57:26 (UTC)

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Additional Information

Created 2007-09-27 09:57:26 (UTC)
Last updated 2025-03-19 09:24:12 (UTC)
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb