TY -JOUR AU -Hiromori Shimabukuro AU -Masahio Suzuki and Masami Hamaguchi TI -A New Record of Sargassum alternato-pinnatum Yamada (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from Taiwan PY -2012 DA -2012-03-16 JO -Taiwania VL -57 IS -1 SP -71 EP -76 UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1119 AB -This report describes Sargassum alternato-pinnatum Yamada as a newly recorded species in Taiwan. The specimens for this study were collected from a shallow tidepool in Lan-yu, Taiwan. This species is characterized by the following features: (1) small discoid holdfast, (2) terete primary branches, (3) sharp spines arising from surface of branches, (4) leaves that furcate 1–3 times, (5) spherical vesicles around the apex, (6) pseudozygocarpic receptacles with leaves or vesicle-like tissues, and (7) male and female conceptacles scattered within the receptacles. In this report, we also present a line drawing and photographs for the identification of S. alternato-pinnatum. DO -10.6165/tai.2012.57(1).71