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Common name

English: Spiral Wrack

German: Spiraltang

Classification

Kingdom: Chromista (3)

  Phylum: Ochrophyta (1)

    Class: Phaeophyceae (1)

      Order: Fucales (1)

        Family: Fucaceae (1)

          Genus: Fucus (1)

            Epithet: spiralis Linnaeus (2)

spiralis => coiled, wound round

Characteristics

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: hydrophytic

External links

Check for Fucus spiralis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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