Sargassum natans
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Sargassum natans is a free-floating brown alga commonly found in the Sargasso Sea, where it forms extensive mats that provide habitat for diverse marine life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sargassum | 2 |
| Sargassum natans canonical | 2 |
| Sargassopsis | 1 |
| Sargassum fluitans | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T677503 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sargassum natans Context triple: [Sargasso Sea, hasBiota, Sargassum natans]
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A.
Dactylortyx
Dactylortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits in forested and brushy habitats of Central America.
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B.
Genlisea
Genlisea is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly called corkscrew plants, that capture and digest small organisms using specialized underground leaf traps.
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C.
Casuarina
Casuarina is a coastal northern suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its major shopping centre and popular beach.
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D.
Calamis
Calamis was an ancient Greek sculptor renowned for his elegant and refined bronze works in the early Classical period.
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E.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sargassum natans Target entity description: Sargassum natans is a free-floating brown alga commonly found in the Sargasso Sea, where it forms extensive mats that provide habitat for diverse marine life.
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A.
Dactylortyx
Dactylortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits in forested and brushy habitats of Central America.
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B.
Genlisea
Genlisea is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly called corkscrew plants, that capture and digest small organisms using specialized underground leaf traps.
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C.
Casuarina
Casuarina is a coastal northern suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its major shopping centre and popular beach.
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D.
Calamis
Calamis was an ancient Greek sculptor renowned for his elegant and refined bronze works in the early Classical period.
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E.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine alga
ⓘ
species of brown alga ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sargassum crab
ⓘ
Sargassum fish (Histrio histrio) ⓘ |
| authority |
Carl Linnaeus
ⓘ
surface form:
(Linnaeus) Gaillon
|
| buoyancyStructure | gas-filled vesicles ⓘ |
| class | Phaeophyceae ⓘ |
| color | brown ⓘ |
| commonName | floating sargassum ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
Sargasso Sea ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
habitat provider
ⓘ
primary producer ⓘ |
| environment | marine ⓘ |
| family | Sargassaceae ⓘ |
| forms | floating mats ⓘ |
| genus |
Sargassum natans
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sargassum
|
| growthForm | free-floating ⓘ |
| habitat |
Sargasso Sea
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ pelagic zone ⓘ |
| kingdom | Chromista ⓘ |
| lacks |
holdfast
ⓘ
true leaves ⓘ true roots ⓘ |
| lifeForm | macroalga ⓘ |
| mobility | drifting ⓘ |
| nutrientUptake | through thallus surface ⓘ |
| order | Fucales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPigment |
chlorophyll a
ⓘ
chlorophyll c ⓘ fucoxanthin ⓘ |
| phylum | Ochrophyta ⓘ |
| providesHabitatFor |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish larvae ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ sea turtles ⓘ |
| reproduction | vegetative fragmentation ⓘ |
| salinityPreference | oceanic salinity ⓘ |
| scientificName | Sargassum natans self-link ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
studies on Sargasso Sea ecology
ⓘ
studies on pelagic ecosystems ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | primary producer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sargassum natans Description of subject: Sargassum natans is a free-floating brown alga commonly found in the Sargasso Sea, where it forms extensive mats that provide habitat for diverse marine life.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sargassum fluitans
this entity surface form:
Sargassum
this entity surface form:
Sargassum
this entity surface form:
Sargassopsis