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Channelled wrack - Pelvetia canaliculata - General information

Pelvetia canaliculata

Image Steve Trewhella - Channelled wrack, Pelvetia canaliculata. Image width ca XX cm.
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Distribution map

Pelvetia canaliculata recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Pelvetia canaliculata is not listed under any importance categories.

General information

Key Icon Researched by: Nicola White Text page icon Refereed by: Dr Dagmar Stengel

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 Pelvetia canaliculata grows attached to hard substrata on the upper shore. It is found in a band above Fucus spiralis and can tolerate ultra sheltered to moderately exposed conditions.
Text page icon Description A common brown seaweed found high on the shore. It is very tolerant of desiccation surviving up to 8 days out of the water. Pelvetia canaliculata lives for about 4 years and grows up to 15 cm long. The fronds of the algae are curled longitudinally forming a channel.

This review can be cited as follows:

Nicola White 2008. Pelvetia canaliculata. Channelled wrack. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 22/05/2012]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=4064>