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A brown seaweed - Fucus distichus - General information

Fucus distichus

Image Keith Hiscock - Fucus distichus on rocky shore. Image width ca 1 m.
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Fucus distichus recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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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 Restricted to northern shores of Scotland and north and west Ireland.
Habitat information icon Habitat information Occurs in rock pools and on rock faces in the upper eulittoral at wave exposed locations in Scotland & Ireland.
Text page icon Description A small tufted brown alga. It has narrow fronds without airbladders and short receptacles. The species has a life span of 3 years and grows up to 30 cm long.

This review can be cited as follows:

Nicola White 2007. Fucus distichus. A brown seaweed. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 24/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=3345>