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Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863 
AphiaID: 145541

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Chromobiota (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Heterokontophyta (Phylum) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Fucales (Order) > Fucaceae (Family) > Ascophyllum (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ascophyllum Stackhouse, 1809
Synonymised
taxa
  Ascophyllum laevigatum Stackhouse, 1809 (synonym)
Ascophyllum nodosum var. scorpioides (Hauck) Reinke, 1889 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]

additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]

additional source: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch knotswier  [details]
English knotted wrack  [details]
English rockweed  [details]
French ascophylle  [details]
French goémon noir  [details]
German Knotentang  [details]
Direct child
taxa
 Variety Ascophyllum nodosum var. mackaii
Variety Ascophyllum nodosum var. scorpioides (Hauck) Reinke, 1889 accepted as Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Boulogne, Pointe de la Creche [details]
Cap Gris Nez [details]
De Haan [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
German Bight [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Knokke [details]
Koksijde [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende [details]
Pointe aux Oies (point) [details]
Pointe du Riden [details]
Sas van Goes [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeebrugge [details]
Zeeland [details]
Links To AlgaeBase
BIOTIC
To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: photosynthetic [details]

Dimensions: blades a few cm to 1.5 m long [details]

Distribution: Long Island Sound to the Arctic Circle (66oN) [details]

Habitat: mid to low littoral, especially in protected sites [details]

Importance: harvested [details]

Morphology: Brown colour results from the dominance of the xanthophyll fucoxanthin; this masks the other pigments, Chlorophyll a and c (no chlorophyll b), beta-carotene and other xanthophylls. [details]

Reproduction: general for group: most brown algae have an alternation of haploid and dioploid generations; The haploid thalli form isogamous, anisogamous or oogamous gametes and the diploid thalli form zoospores by meiosis. [details]
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  Citation: Guiry, M.D. (2010). Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2010). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145541 on 2010-07-30
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