Alaria esculenta (L.) Grev.

  • Filed As

    Alariaceae
    Alaria esculenta (L.) Grev.

  • Collector(s)

    F. S. Collins s.n., Jul 1896

  • Location

    United States of America. Maine. Penobscot Bay, Hardhead Island, on exposed rocks, forming a band near low wate mark.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02224088

    Occurrence ID: 4c145416-2860-4b57-b6a6-6cbbdac414c8

  • Exsiccatae

    Phycotheca Boreali-Americana, a collection of dried specimens of the Algae of North America

    Exsiccatae Number: XCIII

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  • Kingdom

    Algae

  • Division

    Stramenopiles

  • Class

    Phaeophyceae

  • Order

    Laminariales

  • Family

    Alariaceae

  • All Determinations

    Alaria esculenta (L.) Grev.

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Maine

  • Locality

    Penobscot Bay, Hardhead Island, on exposed rocks, forming a band near low wate mark

  • Coordinates

    44.2245, -68.754

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    173.889

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Hardhead Island. Measured from coordinates to farthest extent of the island to find linear extent (162.32 m). Input information into MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncertainty radius (Bounded Area).

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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The f. s. Collins Herbarium

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Phycottieca Bore all-Americana.	Collins, Holden and Setohell.

XCIII, Alaria esculenta (l.) Grev.

Greville, Alg. Brit., p. 25, PI. IY, 1830.

Harvey, Nereis Bor.-Am., part 1, p. 88, 1852.

Farlow, Proc. Amer. Acad., Yol. X, p. 355, 1875; Report of
U. S. Fish Commission for 1875, p. 707,1876 ; N. E. Marine
Algae, p. 97, 1881.

De Toni, Syll. Alg., Yol. Ill, p. 326, 1895.

Fucus esculentus Linnaeus, Mantissa, p. 135, 1767.
Forming a band near low water mark, on exposed rocks,
Hardhead Island, Penobscot Bay, Maine, July, 1896.

F. S. COLLINS.
In some of the larger specimens of this and the following
species of Alaria, it has been necessary to remove the upper part
of the lamina, but enough has been retained to show the essential
characters.

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