What is Sargassum?
{{italic title}} {{Taxobox | image = Sargassum weeds closeup.jpg | domain = [[Eukaryota]] | regnum = [[Chromalveolata]] | phylum = [[Heterokont]]ophyta | classis = [[Phaeophyceae]] | ordo = [[Fucales]] | familia = [[Sargassaceae]] | genus = '''''Sargassum''''' | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = Many<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=kc457b97c422cc7fc&- |title=Algaebase |accessdate=17 September 2014}}</ref> }} '''''Sargassum''''' is a genus of generally planktonic (free-floating) macroalgae ([[seaweed]]) in the order [[Fucales]]. The [[Atlantic Ocean]]'s [[Sargasso Sea]] gets its name from the large amount of several species of ''Sargassum'' that grow there. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Algae]] {{biology-stub}}