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brown tuning-fork weed

Bifurcaria bifurcata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 18, February 14, March 21, April 33, May 48, June 53, July 56, August 48, September 36, October 27, November 14, December 11.
United States380
Alaska380
Spain92
Portugal50
Galicia40
United Kingdom39
England38
France27
País Vasco/Euskadi25
LEIRIA23

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

Kingdomkelp, diatoms, and allies · Chromista
PhylumOchrophyta
Classbrown algae · Phaeophyceae
OrderFucoids · Fucales
FamilySargassum and Allies · Sargassaceae
GenusBifurcaria

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