Fucus distichus

Fucus distichus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genus: Fucus
Species:
F. distichus
Binomial name
Fucus distichus
Synonyms[1]
  • Fucus linearis Oeder, 1767
  • Fucus furcatus C.Agardh, 1820
  • Fucus fueci Bachelot de la Pylaie, 1830
  • Fucus miclonensis Bachelot de la Pylaie, 1830
  • Fucus anceps Harvey & Ward ex Carruthers, 1864
  • Virsodes furcatum Kuntze, 1891
  • Virsodes distichum (Linnaeus) Kuntze, 1891
  • Fucus nitens N.L.Gardner, 1922
Fucus distichus L. subsp. edentatus (Bach.Pyl.) Powell, isotype herbarium specimen, 1910
Fucus distichus (rockweed) washed up at the high tide line at Morecambe Bay, along with other debris.

Fucus distichus or rockweed is a species of brown alga in the family Fucaceae to be found in the intertidal zones of rocky seashores in the Northern Hemisphere, mostly in rock pools.

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