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Fucus
ceranoides Linnaeus

Fucus ceranoides
Linnaeus
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Species Details
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Genus:	Fucus Linnaeus
Species:	Fucus ceranoides
Authority:	Linnaeus
Description:	A large brown intertidal seaweed, restricted to growing in estuaries or near freshwater streams on the shore. Fucus ceranoides does not have airbladders, but the side of the fronds are often inflated. Frond thin with smooth margin. Frond fan shaped with prominent midrib. Without air bladders but frond on either side may be inflated. Reproductive bodies narrow, pointed fronds at ends of branches Original publication: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. Download PDF from Algaebase Original description: Download PDF from Algaebase

Name History	Adjective (Latin), like a wild parsnip
Biogeography	Fucus ceranoides is widely distributed in north-west Europe but is only common in brackish water. It is characteristic of estuaries and is often abundant where freshwater streams run onto the shore. The species is found on the middle part of the shore, where it attaches to stones, rocks or gravel.
References	Billard, E., Daguin, C., Pearson, G., Serrão, E., Engel C. & Valero M. (2005). Genetic isolation between three closely related taxa: Fucus vesiculosus, F. spiralis and F. ceranoides (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 41(4): 900-905. Lein, T.E. (1984). Distribution, reproduction, and ecology of Fucus ceranoides L. (Phaeophyceae) in Norway. Sarsia 69: 75-81. Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.

Habitat:	Marine species
Common names:	English: Horned Wrack
Type information:	Type locality locality: “Habitat in Oceano” (Atlantic Ocean) (Linnaeus 1753: 1158)

Specimens

( 11 record(s) available )

Type	Number	Species	Date	Coastal Station
(F)	1	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	1999-10-09	Apúlia, Portugal
(O)	952	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	1999-10-09	Apúlia, Portugal
(O)	1944	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	2009-06-09	Moledo, Caminha, Portugal
(O)	1944	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	2009-06-09	Moledo, Caminha, Portugal
(O)	2299	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	2008-08-21	S. Martinho do Porto, Portugal
(H)	2450	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	2009-06-09	Moledo, Caminha, Portugal
(O)	3056	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	2010-07-12	Vila Praia de Âncora, Portugal
(O)	3281	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	2009-03-28	Mondego (Estuary), Portugal
(O)	3301	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	2011-04-22	Sta. Cristina (beach), A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
(H)	4092	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	1999-11-24	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(H)	4092	Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus	1999-11-24	Buarcos Bay, Portugal

Bibliography

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The Accumulation of Iodide by Fucus ceranoides

Phenotypic variation of Fucus ceranoides, F. spiralis and F. vesiculosus in a temperate coast (NW Portugal)

Antioxidant and antitumoural activities of some Phaeophyta from Brittany coasts

Antioxidants from macroalgae: potential applications in human health and nutrition

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