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Bifurcaria
Sign in to saveBifurcaria is a genus of brown algae seaweeds found on rocky North American and European shores and tidepools of the Atlantic Ocean. One species is also found on the shores of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Species
brown tuning-fork weed
GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumOchrophyta
- ClassPhaeophyceae
- OrderFucales
- FamilySargassaceae
Habitatmarine
Observations753
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 162
- With media
- 95
- Family
- Sargassaceae
- Collections
- MICH, NHMUK, NY
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, South Africa, United States, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sargassaceae
- Image
- Alga parda (Bifurcaria bifurcata), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 49.jpg
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- taxon name
- Bifurcaria
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Bifurcaria
- AlgaeBase URL
- www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=78
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
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Bifurcaria is a genus of brown algae seaweeds found on rocky North American and European shores and tidepools of the Atlantic Ocean. One species is also found on the shores of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
== Species == Bifurcaria bifurcata Bifurcaria galapagensis Bifurcaria rotunda
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