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Toothed wrack - Fucus serratus - General information

Fucus serratus

Image Steve Trewhella - Close up of toothed wrack Fucus serratus. Image width ca XX cm.
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Distribution map

Fucus serratus recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Fucus serratus is not listed under any importance categories.

General information

Key Icon Researched by: Angus Jackson 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 British and Irish coasts.
Habitat information icon Habitat information Fucus serratus is found on hard substrata on the lower shore in more sheltered areas of coastline.
Text page icon Description Fucus serratus, the toothed wrack, is a robust, olive-brown shrubby seaweed that grows in high densities low on the seashore. The fronds are about 2 cm wide, splitting in two repeatedly. The fronds bear no air bladders. The whole plant typically grows to about 60 cm long. The fronds have a serrated edge and grow from a short stalk.

This review can be cited as follows:

Angus Jackson 2008. Fucus serratus. Toothed wrack. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 19/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=3346>