Fucus guiryi
Fucus guiryi is a brown alga in the family Fucaceae. It is known from numerous locations along the east coast of the North Atlantic Ocean, from Ireland to the Canary Islands.[1]
Fucus guiryi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: | Fucales |
Family: | Fucaceae |
Genus: | Fucus |
Species: | F. guiryi |
Binomial name | |
Fucus guiryi G.I.Zardi, K.R.Nicastro, E.S.Serrão & G.A.Pearson | |
The species is named in honor of Irish botanist Michael D. Guiry.
Description
The thallus grows to 35 cm long - smaller than other similar species, it is attached by a discoid holdfast. The thallus is flattened and has a midrib like the other common species of Fucus. However it does not have bladders, as Fucus vesiculosus, or serrated edges to the fronds as Fucus serratus nor a twisted thallus, as Fucus spiralis. Fucus ceranoides does not have bladders but may have elongated air pockets in the fronds. The receptacles on F. guiryi show a distinct rim around the edge.[2]
Habitat
Found growing on rock in the upper mid-littoral.[2]
References
- Algaebase, Fucus guiryi
- Bunker, F.StP,D, Maggs, C.A., Brodie, J.A., Bunker, A.R. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth ISBN 978-0-9955673-3-7
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