Species of macroalgae
Sargassum natans is a species of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae.[1] In English the species goes by the common names common gulfweed, narrowleaf gulfweed, or spiny gulfweed.[2]: 126
It occurs in the Sargasso Sea.: 123 It is also pelagic[3] and reproduces by fragmentation.[4]: 65 It, along with Sargassum fluitans, have been credited with plaguing beach tourism industry in Yucatán[5] and South Florida.[6]
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