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Laminaria saccharina

(Sukkertare)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Sukkertare, An Chais‚neach,, An Rufa,, Poor Man's Weather Glass, Sea Belt, Sweet Oar-Weed

Common Names in Icelandic:

LΩsa‚

Common Names in Spanish:

Kombu De Az

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 27 meters (88 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Ceramium phyllitis (Stackhouse) Stackhouse • Fucus phyllitis Stackhouse • Fucus saccharinus Linnaeus • Fucus saccharinus var. angusto-bullatus Wahlenberg • Fucus saccharinus var. latissimus Wahlenberg • Laminaria caperata Bachelot De La Pylaie • Laminaria caperata var. eliptica J. Agardh • Laminaria caperata var. lanceolata J. Agardh • Laminaria caperata var. oblonga J. Agardh • Laminaria caperata var. obovata J. Agardh • Laminaria cuneifolia J. Agardh • Laminaria faeroensis f. sacchariniformis Børgesen • Laminaria faeroensis< /i> (Børgesen) BørgesenLaminaria groenlandica Rosenvinge • Laminaria hieroglyphica J. Agardh • Laminaria longicruris var. faeroensis Børgesen • Laminaria maxima (Gunnerus) Kjellman • Laminaria membranacea S. F. Gray • Laminaria phyllitis (Stackhouse) C. Agardh • Laminaria phyllopus Kjellman • Laminaria saccharina f. borealis Foslie • Laminaria saccharina f. bullata (C. Agardh) Kylin • Laminaria saccharina f. caperata (De La Pylaie) Setchell • Laminaria saccharina f. latifolia (Kjellman) Kjellman • Laminaria saccharina f. latissima Kjellman • Laminaria saccharina f. linearis (J. Agardh) Foslie • Laminaria saccharina f. longissima (Gunnerus) Foslie • Laminaria saccharina f. membranacea J. Agardh • Laminaria saccharina f. oblonga (J. Agardh) Kjellman • Laminaria saccharina f. phyllitis (Stackhouse) Hauck • Laminaria saccharina f. prima J. Agardh • Laminaria saccharina f. sublaevis (Kjellman) Kylin • Laminaria saccharina var. bullata C. Agardh • Laminaria saccharina var. caperata Foslie • Laminaria saccharina var. grandis Kjellman • Laminaria saccharina var. latissima C. Agardh • Laminaria saccharina var. linearis J. Agardh • Laminaria saccharina var. membranacea (J. Agardh) Kjellman • Laminaria saccharina var. oblonga J. Agardh • Laminaria saccharina var. phyllitis (Stackhouse) Jones & Kingston • Laminaria saccharina var. sublaevis Kjellman • Laminaria stackhousei Bory De Saint-Vincent • Palmaria phyllitis (Stackhouse) Nees • Saccharina phyllitis (Stackhouse) O. Kuntze • Ulva lactuca var. latissima Linnaeus • Ulva latissima Gunnerus • Ulva latissima Linnaeus • Ulva longissima Gunnerus • Ulva maxima Gunnerus • Ulva phyllitis (Stackhouse) A. P. De Candolle

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Laminaria

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. angustata (Green Kombu) · L. cichorioides (Chijimi-Kombu) · L. coriacea (Gaggara-Kombu) · L. diabolica (Hanaori) · L. diabolica forma longipes (Enaga-Onikombu) · L. digitata (Silketare) · L. hyperborea (Scread) · L. japonica (Cha-Kombu) · L. longicruris (Atlantic Kombu) · L. longipedalis (Enage-Kombu) · L. longipes (Hime-Kombu) · L. longissima (Gimberi) · L. ochotensis (Nagahama-Kombu) · L. religosa (Kombu) · L. saccharina (Sukkertare) · L. yezoensis (Gobei-Kombu)

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 21, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Standard Deviation = 249.460 based on 4,843 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/22/2012