Fucus virsoides

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Fucus virsoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genus: Fucus
Species:
F. virsoides
Binomial name
Fucus virsoides
J. Agardh (1868)

Fucus virsoides is a species of brown alga endemic to the Adriatic Sea. [1] The Bay of Kotor was defined as one of the southernmost limits of Fucus virsoides. [2]

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References

  1. Munda, Ivka M. (1979). "Temperature dependence of zinc uptake in Fucus virsoides (Don.) J. Ag. and Enteromorpha prolifera (O. F. Müll.) J. Ag. from the Adriatic Sea". Botanica Marina. 22 (3): 149–152. doi:10.1515/botm.1979.22.3.149.
  2. Macic, Vesna (2006). "Distribution of seaweed Fucus virsodes J. Agardh in Boka Kotorska Bay (south Adriatic Sea)" (PDF). Annales, Series Historia Naturalis. 16: 1–4.