Fucus vesiculosus, commonly called bladderwrack or rockweed, is a brown alga in the order Fucales, found on rocky coasts of the North Sea, the western Baltic Sea, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, from the Atlantic shores of Europe and northern Russia to Greenland, the Azores, and the Atlantic coast of North America. Its fronds grow up to 150 centimeters long and 2.5 centimeters wide, marked by a prominent midrib and branching dichotomously, and typically carry paired, almost spherical air bladders on either side of the midrib. The species was the original source of iodine, discovered in it in 1811, and was used extensively to treat goitre, a thyroid condition linked to iodine deficiency.
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Source Wikidata: Bladderwrack
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1. Fucus vesiculosus, Wikipedia
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Fucus vesiculosus, known by the common names bladderwrack, black tang, rockweed, sea grapes, bladder fucus, sea oak, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus and rock wrack, is a brown alga (a seaweed) found on the coasts of the North Sea, the western Baltic Sea and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Fucus vesiculosus, known by the common names bladderwrack, black tang, rockweed, sea grapes, bladder fucus, sea oak, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus and rock wrack, is a brown alga (a seaweed) found on the coasts of the North Sea, the western Baltic Sea and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
In Group: Wracks and Sargassum (Fucales), Lead
Fucus vesiculosus, known by the common names bladderwrack, black tang, rockweed, sea grapes, bladder fucus, sea oak, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus and rock wrack, is a brown alga (a seaweed) found on the coasts of the North Sea, the western Baltic Sea and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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3. Wikipedia: Fucus vesiculosus
4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Fucus vesiculosus
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8222574, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 8222574, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikipedia: Algae
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are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic organisms.
Wikidata: Bladderwrack
Child Taxon Of: Phaeophyceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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