Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae > Subclass Fucophycidae > Order Laminariales > Family Laminariaceae > Genus Saccharina

Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders, 2006

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Saccharina*	Stackhouse, 1809	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fucus saccharinus*	Linnaeus, 1753	synonym
*Laminaria agardhii*	Kjellman, 1877	synonym
*Laminaria longicruris*	Bachelot Pylaie, 1824	synonym
*Laminaria saccharina*	(Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813	synonym
*Saccharina longicruris*	(Bachelot Pylaie) Kuntze, 1891	synonym
*Ulva latissima*	Linnaeus, 1753	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: sukkertang sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: suikerwier

English: sugar Kelp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: カラフトコンブ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: skräppe-tare

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders, 2006. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234483