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Taxonomy

 

Fertile F. distichus photographed from the rocky intertidal to the left of the docks behind Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, WA

 

 

 

  

 

Empire: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Chromista
Division: Phaeophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genus: Fucus
Species: distichus

Type Specimen: F. distichus was first described by Linnaeus in 1767

Type locality: unknown (1).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
  Reference 1. Algae Base. www.algaebase.org.