Phaeophyceae |
Fucales |
Sargassaceae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
An important source of alginate which is used mainly as emulsifying, stabilizing and gelling agents in food products such as frozen food, pastries,desserts, jellies, salad dressings, ice creams, meat and flavor sauces, beer, fruit juices, and milk shakes; contains iodine, protein,
vitamin C, and minerals (Ca, K, Mg, Na, Cu,Zn, S, P, Mn); used as medicine for goiter and other glandular troubles; antibacterial, antitumor; source of tannins and phenols; also used for animal feed and fertilizer (Ref. 80758). Shows an intra-annual pattern of variation in standing crop in the Philippines, standing crop is lowest in the period from February to May and highest in November to January (Ref. 80758). Found on coralline rocks in wave-exposed low intertidal to shallow subtidal areas (Ref. 80758).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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