Saccorhiza polyschides

"Saccorhiza polyschides" (Light.) Batt.

"Saccorhiza polschides" (common name: Furbellow) is a large common brown algae of the seas.Alaria Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Chromalveolata Division: Heterokontophyta Class: Phaeophyceae Order: Laminariales Family: Sargassaceae Genus: Saccorhiza Species Including:A. esculenta (dabberlocks)A. marginata (California kelp)

Description

"Saccorhiza polschides" is a large and bulky seaweed growing to 5 m. long. It grows attached to rocks by rhizoids. The stip is flattened, spirally twisted and develops a strong wavy margin several cms. wide without a mid-rib unlike "Alaria esculenta".Newton, N. 1931. "A Handbook of the British Seaweeds." British Museum, London] Dickinson, C.I. 1963. "British Seaweeds." The Kew Series, Eyre & Spottiswoods]

Distribution

Europe

Ireland, Britain, Faroes, France, Greece, Helgoland, Isla de Alboran, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal Scandinavia and Spain. [http://www.algaebase.org]

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