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toothed wrack Fucus serratus, commonly called toothed wrack.

Fucus

genus of brown algae
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Also called:
rockweed
Key People:
Gustave-Adolphe Thuret

Fucus, genus of brown algae, common on rocky seacoasts and in salt marshes of northern temperate regions. Fucus species, along with other kelp, are an important source of alginates—colloidal extracts with many industrial uses similar to those of agar. Bladder wrack (F. vesiculosus) was one of the original sources of iodine.

bladder wrack
bladder wrackBladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) is a species of brown algae that grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the North and Baltic seas.

Fucus are perennial algae, some of which have a life span of up to four years. They feature bladderlike floats (pneumatocysts), disk-shaped holdfasts for clinging to rocks, and mucilage-covered blades that resist desiccation and temperature changes. The growth of the thallus is localized at the tips of forked shoots, and most species are between about 2 and 50 cm (0.8 to 20 inches) in length. The male and female reproductive organs may occur on the same organism or on separate ones; some species produce eggs and sperm all year long.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello.