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Horned wrack - Fucus ceranoides - General information

Fucus ceranoides

Image Keith Hiscock - Fucus ceranoides.
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Fucus ceranoides recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Fucus ceranoides is not listed under any importance categories.

General information

Key Icon Researched by: Nicola White Text page icon Refereed by: Dr Graham Scott

Taxonomy icon Taxonomy

Phylum Ochrophyta Brown and yellow-green seaweeds
Class Phaeophyceae
Map icon Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland All coasts of Britain and Ireland
Habitat information icon Habitat information Fucus ceranoides is widely distributed in north-west Europe but is only common in brackish water. It is characteristic of estuaries and is often abundant where freshwater streams run onto the shore. The species is found on the middle part of the shore, where it attaches to stones, rocks or gravel.
Text page icon Description A large brown intertidal seaweed, restricted to growing in estuaries or near freshwater streams on the shore. Fucus ceranoides does not have airbladders, but the side of the fronds are often inflated.

This review can be cited as follows:

Nicola White 2007. Fucus ceranoides. Horned wrack. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 23/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=3344>