Species
Scytosiphon lomentaria (Beanweed)
Scytosiphon lomentaria. Photo: (c) Frédéric ANDRE, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Scytosiphon lomentaria is a littoral brown seaweed with an irregularly lobed many filamentous form. It is a member of the Phaeophyta in the order Dictyosiphonales and grows attached to shells and stones in rock-pools and in near-shore waters. The attachment to the substrate is by a small disc shaped holdfast.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Chromista (Kelp, diatoms, and allies)
- Phylum: Ochrophyta
- Class: Phaeophyceae (Brown algae)
- Subclass: Fucophycidae
- Order: Ectocarpales
- Family: Scytosiphonaceae
- Genus: Scytosiphon
- Species: Scytosiphon lomentaria (Beanweed)
- Genus: Scytosiphon
- Family: Scytosiphonaceae
- Order: Ectocarpales
- Subclass: Fucophycidae
- Class: Phaeophyceae (Brown algae)
- Phylum: Ochrophyta
- Kingdom: Chromista (Kelp, diatoms, and allies)
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