Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
Ascophyllum nodosum is a large, common brown alga, Phaeophyta in the family Fucaceae, being the only species in the genus
Ascophyllum. It is seaweed of the northern Atlantic Ocean, also known as
Norwegian kelp,
knotted Kelp,
knotted wrack or
egg wrack. It is common on the north-western coast of Europe (from Svalbard to Portugal) including east Greenland
[ ] and the north-eastern coast of North America.
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