Fucus serratus

Fucus serratus
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. serratus
Binomial name
Fucus serratus
Fucus serratus in its natural habitat
The eggs or sperm (here) form in conceptacles sunken in receptacles towards the tips on the branches.
The lamina shows cryptostomata – small cavities which produce colourless hairs.

Fucus serratus is a seaweed of the north Atlantic Ocean, known as toothed wrack, serrated wrack,[1] or saw rack.[2][3]

  1. ^ Alan P. Major (1977). The Book of Seaweed. Gordon Cremonesi. ISBN 978-0-86033-046-2.
  2. ^ David Chapman (2008). Exploring the Cornish Coast. Penzance: Alison Hodge. p. 26. ISBN 9780906720561.
  3. ^ "Serrated wrack". The Wildlife Trusts. Retrieved 15 March 2023.