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==Description== |
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The thallus grows to 35 cm long - smaller than other similar species |
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'' or 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.<ref name="Bunker 2017">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}}</ref> |
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Found growing on rock in the mid-littoral.<ref name="Bunker 2017"/> |
Found growing on rock in the upper mid-littoral.<ref name="Bunker 2017"/> |
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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][2]
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 or 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.[3]
Habitat
Found growing on rock in the upper mid-littoral.[3]
References
- ^ G.I.Zardi, K.R.Nicastro, E.S.Serrão & G.A.Pearson, PLoS [Public Library of Science, San Francisco] ONE 6(6): 1-13. 2011.
- ^ Algaebase, Fucus guiryi
- ^ a b 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
