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Scientific Name: Sargassum vulgare (Uncertain) C. Agardh, 1820
English Name: Gulf weed,Gulf weed, Beerentang (German)
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Description:
A brown seaweed, lithophytic on rocks, coral reefs, and stones up to 40 cm in length, that floats upright on protected or exposed areas of all tropical and subtropical shorelines from high tide to sub-littoral. It is held aloft by gas bladders.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martins Island (Islam 1976, Ahmed et al. 2009)