Laminaria hyperborea

Laminaria hyperborea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Laminariales
Family: Laminariaceae
Genus: Laminaria
Species:
L. hyperborea
Binomial name
Laminaria hyperborea
Synonyms
  • Fucus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1766
  • Laminaria cloustonii Edmondston, 1845
  • Laminaria hyperborea f. compressa Foslie, 1884 [1]

Laminaria hyperborea is a species of large brown alga, a kelp in the family Laminariaceae, also known by the common names of tangle and cuvie. It is found in the sublittoral zone of the northern Atlantic Ocean. A variety, Laminaria hyperborea f. cucullata (P.Svensden & J.M.Kain, 1971) is known from more wave sheltered areas in Scandinavia.[2]

  1. ^ a b Laminaria hyperborea (Gunnerus) Foslie, 1884 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  2. ^ Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Taxonomisk litteratur och biogeografi av Skandinaviska rödalger och brunalger. pp. 280. Göteborg: Algologia.