Saccharina latissima

Sugar kelp at Helgoland

The sugar kelp ( Saccharina latissima, Syn: Laminaria saccharina ) is a Braunalgenart of the order Laminariales.

Description

The Tang is fastened with a strong claw-like holdfast ( rhizoids ) of solid substrate. On a thin, relatively short stalk ( Cauloid ) of the sheet-like, yellow-brown thallus sitting ( Phylloid ). This is band-shaped and very wavy at the edge, it can be 2 to 4 feet long.

Occurrence

The distribution area of Zuckertangs includes the rocky seashores of the cool temperate zones of Europe, Asia and America ( circumboreale distribution ). In Europe, it comes from the North Atlantic off to the Baltic Sea and the western Mediterranean. He, together with Laminaria species Tangwälder in the sublittoral zone below the low water line. In Helgoland the sugar kelp grows in water depths from 0 to 3 meters.

System

The first description of Zuckertangs was made in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus, under the name Ulva latissima LJVLamouroux introduced him in 1813 in the genus Laminaria Laminaria saccharina than (L.) JVLamouroux, in the literature it is still largely carried out under this name. The sugar kelp in 2006 along with a number of other species (including all used for Kombu ) of CE Lane, C. Mayes, Drühl and G.W. Saunders placed in the genus Saccharina in him John Stackhouse had in 1809 when the two species S. plana and S. bullata classified.

Use

The sugar kelp is edible. It contains sugars that can taste it slightly sweet. One can, for example, short pieces of sheet-like member ( Phylloid ) around a piece of Camembert and then fry these rolls in the pan. It is harvested in Ireland to a small extent for Kombu. A regional form in the North Pacific is eaten in Japan as Karafuto - kombu ( " Sakhalin- kombu ").

Swell

  • P. Korn man P.H. Sahling: seaweed from Helgoland - Benthic green, brown and red algae. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Hamburg 1983, ISSN 0017-9957, pp. 144-149. (Sections description, occurrence)
  • Michael D. Guiry, G. M. Guiry: Saccharina latissima In: AlgaeBase - World -wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway accessed 9 March 2012 ( section systematics)
  • Michael Guiry: The Seaweed Site: information on marine algae: Saccharina latissima accessed 9 March 2012 ( sections occurrence, use)
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