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Fucus

Fucus vesiculosus

Linnaeus, 1753

Bladder Wrack

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Atlantic Ocean: Sub-tropical and temperate locales.

Natural Environment: Generally found loosely floating in sheltered coastal areas.

Aquarium Suitability: Not considered an aquarium species, yet used in human health supplements.

Potential Control Species: Urchins: Diadema setosum

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Chromista

    Class: Phaeophyceae

    Order: Fucales

    Family: Fucaceae

    Genus: Fucus

 Fucus vesiculosus (Bladder Wrack)
Photo © Vincent Hargreaves
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