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Fucus ceranoides

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Species of seaweed

Fucus ceranoides
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. ceranoides
Binomial name
Fucus ceranoides
L.

Fucus ceranoides is a species of brown algae found in the littoral zone of the sea shore.

Description

Fucus ceranoides is a species similar to other species of Fucus. It is linear to about 1 cm wide and is attached by a discoid holdfast. The branches grow to a length of 60 cm and show a clear midrib. Its margin is entire and it differs from Fucus serratus in not having a serrated edge and unlike Fucus vesiculosus it does not have air vesicles, however irregular swellings gives it a resemblance to F. vesiculosus. Fucus spiralis has spirally twisted fronds.

Distribution

Fucoids have no planktonic dispersal stages, restricting gamete dispersal. They can be found on the shores of Ireland and Great Britain including the Isle of Man and Shetland.

Habitat

Fucus ceranoides is restricted to estuarine intertidal habitats under fluctuating salinities. The modern distribution of Fucus ceranoides ranges from Portugal to Norway and Iceland. This includes the rocky shores in the littoral generally where fresh water flows into the sea, brackish water in sheltered bays.

References

  1. Lewis, J.R. 1964. The Ecology of Rocky Shores. The English Universities Press Ltd.
  2. ^ Newton, L. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum, London
  3. ^ Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society ISBN 0 9527115 16
  4. Serrão, E.A.; Kautsky, L.; Lifvergren, T.; Brawley, S.H. (1996). "Gamete dispersal and pre-recruitment mortality in Baltic Fucus vesiculosus". Phycologia (Suppl 36): 101–102.
  5. Neiva, João; Pearson, Gareth A.; Valero, Myriam; Serrão, Ester A. (2012-01-18). "Drifting fronds and drifting alleles: range dynamics, local dispersal and habitat isolation shape the population structure of the estuarine seaweed Fucus ceranoides". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (6): 1167–1178. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02670.x. ISSN 0305-0270.
  6. Lein, Tor Eiliv (1984-10-31). "Distribution, reproduction, and ecology of Fucus ceranoides L. (Phaeophyceae) in Norway". Sarsia. 69 (2): 75–81. doi:10.1080/00364827.1984.10420592. ISSN 0036-4827.
  7. Munda, Ivka M. (1999-02-01). "The benthic algal vegetation of land-locked fjords in southeastern Iceland". Hydrobiologia. 393: 169–180. doi:10.1023/A:1003565309759. ISSN 1573-5117.
  8. Morton, O (2003). "The marine macroalgae of County Donegal, Ireland". Bulletin Irish biogeographical Society. 27: 3–164.

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Fucus ceranoides


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