Fucus guiryi

Fucus guiryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genus: Fucus
Species: F. guiryi
Binomial name
Fucus guiryi
G.I.Zardi, K.R.Nicastro, E.S.Serrão & G.A.Pearson

Fucus guiryi is a brown alga in the family Fucaceae. It is known from numerous locations along the east coast of the North Atlantic Ocean, from Ireland to the Canary Islands. [1][2]

Species is named in honor of Irish botanist Michael D. Guiry.


References

  1. G.I.Zardi, K.R.Nicastro, E.S.Serrão & G.A.Pearson, PLoS [Public Library of Science, San Francisco] ONE 6(6): 1-13. 2011.
  2. Algaebase, Fucus guiryi
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