Ericaria amentacea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Sar |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: | Fucales |
Family: | Sargassaceae |
Genus: | Ericaria |
Species: | E. amentacea |
Binomial name | |
Ericaria amentacea | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Ericaria amentacea (syns. Cystoseira amentacea, Carpodesmia amentacea) is a large marine brown algae. [1]
Ericaria amentacea occurs in the Azores and the western Mediterranean Sea. It forms a species complex with Ericaria selaginoides , a similar but non caespitose species from the Northeast Atlantic and western Mediterranean. [2]