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Complete Name :
Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar 1873
Taxonomy :
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Undaria pinnatifida
Authors :
Stephan Gollasch
Last Updated : October 30th, 2006
Common Names
Wakame, Japanese kelp.
Synonyms
Alaria pinnatifida - Harvey, 1860
Alaria amplexicaulis - Martens, 1866
Ulopteryx pinnatifida - (Harvey), Kjellman, 1885
Short Description
This marine brown alga grows on hard substrates and reaches up to 3 m in length (sporophyte stage).
Contributors
The following contributors have provided records in the DAISIE database for this species.
| Name | Institute |
| Phil Lambdon |
NERC Centre for Hydrology and Ecology |
| Stephan Gollasch |
GoConsult |
Experts
The following experts registered themselves as having knowledge about this species or its family.
| Name | Institute | Country | Taxa |
|
University of Portsmouth |
United Kingdom |
Undaria pinnatifida (name) |
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CNRS UPMC |
France |
Alariaceae (family) |
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University of Portsmouth |
United Kingdom |
Alariaceae (family) |
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References
Boudouresque CFM, Gerbal M, Knoepffler-Peguy M (1985) L´algue japonnaise Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) en Méditerranée. Phycologia 24:364-366
Floc’h J-Y, Pajot R, Wallentinus I (1991) The Japanese brown alga Undaria pinnatifida on the coast of France and its possible establishment in European waters. Journal of the Conseil International pour l´Exploration de la Mer 47: 379-390
Wallentinus I (2006) Alien Species Alert: on Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame or Japanese kelp). Annex 9. In Gollasch S, Kieser D (eds) Report of the Working Group of Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms, Oostend, Belgium, 16-17 March 2006. ICES CM 2006/ACME:05, pp 292-327 [available at www.ices.dk]
Other References
(selected from Wallentinus 2006):
Casas GN, Piriz ML (1996) Surveys of Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) in Golfo Nuevo, Argentina. Hydrobiologia 326-327:213-215
Castric-Fey A, Girard A, L’Hardy-Halos MT (1993) The distribution of Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) on the coast of St. Malo (Brittany, France). Botanica Marina 36:351-358
Cecere EA, Petrocelli S (2004) Floristic and biogeographic considerations about the benthic macroalgal flora in the gulf of Taranto Biogeographia 25:7-18
Curiel D, Bellemo G, Marzocchi M, Scattolin M, Parisi G (1998) Distribution of introduced Japanese macroalgae Undaria pinnatifida, Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta) and Antithamnion pectinatum (Rhodophyta) in the Lagoon of Venice. Hydrobiologia 385:17-22
Dumoulin E, De Blauwe H (1999) Het bruinwier Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, (Phaeophyta: laminariales) aangetroffen in de jachthavenvan Zeebruge met gegevens over het voorkomen in Europa en de wijze van verspreiding. De Strandvlo 19(4):182-188
Hay CH (1990) The dispersal of sporophytes of Undaria pinnatifida by coastal shipping in New Zealand and implications for further dispersal of Undaria in France. British Phycological Journal 25:301-314
Hewitt CL, Campbell ML, McEnnulty F, Moore KM, Murfet NB, Robertson B, Schaffelke B (2005) Efficacy of physical removal of a marine pest: the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida in a Tasmanian Marine Reserve. Biological Invasions 7:251-263
Kim YS, Nam KW (1997) Temperature and light responses on the growth and maturation of gametophytes of Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar in Korea. Journal of the Korean Fisheries Society 30:505-510
Matsuyama K (1983) Photosynthesis of Undaria pinnatifida Suringar f. distans Miyabe et Okamura (Phaeophyceae) from Oshoro Bay. I. Seasonal changes of photosynthetic and respiratory rates. Sci. Rep. Hokkaido Fish. Exp. Stn. 25:187-193
Morita T, Kurashima A, Maegawa M (2003) Temperature requirements for the growth of young sporophytes of Undaria pinnatifida and Undaria undarioides (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae). Phycological Research 51(4):266-270
Santiago Caamaño J, Duran Neira, C, Acuña Castroveijo R (1990) Aparicion de Undaria pinnatifida en las coastas de Galicia (España). Un nuevo caso en la problematica de introduccion de especies foraneas. Inf. Tec. Del Centro de Investigaciones Submarinas 3, pp 44
Schaffelke B, Campbell ML, Hewitt CL (2005) Reproductive phenology of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) in Tasmania, Australia. Phycologia 44:84-94
Stegenga H (1999) Undaria pinnatifida in Nederland gearriveerd. Het Zeepard 59:71-73
Thornber CS, Kinlan BP, Graham MH, Stachowicz JJ (2004) Population ecology of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida in California: environmental and biological controls on demography. Marine Ecology Progress Series 268:69-80
Wallentinus I (1999) Introduction and transfer of plants. In: Munro ALS, Utting SD, Wallentinus I (eds) Status of introductions of non-indigenous marine species to North Atlantic waters 1981-1991. ICES Cooperative Research Reports 231. pp 1-43
Wallentinus I (2002) Introduced marine algae and vascular plants in European aquatic environments. In: Leppäkoski E, Gollasch S, Olenin S (eds) Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe: Distributions, Impacts and Management. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 27-54
Zhang DM, Miao GR, Pei LO (1984) Studies on Undaria pinnatifida. Hydrobiologia 116/117:263-265