Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Bonnemaisoniales > Family Bonnemaisoniaceae > Genus Asparagopsis

Asparagopsis armata Harvey, 1855

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asparagopsis*	Montagne, 1840	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: harpoon weed sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Harpoon Weed

Literature

basis of record	Algaebase
additional source	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2).

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
GenBank (33 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Asparagopsis armata Harvey, 1855. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144438