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Rodrigo Barreto Carreira
Eskifjördur, Iceland. Eskifjörður (in original Icelandic spelling), or also Eskifjördur, is a town and port in eastern Iceland with a large fishing industry. It has a population of 1,043 and constitutes one of the most populated villages part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.
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Saccharina latíssima is a yellowish brown colour with a long narrow, undivided blade that can grow to 5 metres long and 20 centimetres wide. The central band is dimpled while the margins are smoother with a wavy edge. The frond is secured to the rock in the intertidal and sublittoral zones by a claw-like holdfast and a short, pliable, cylindrical stipe.
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Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders |
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