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Eukaryota > Stramenopiles > Phaeophyta > Kelp > Macrocystis
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Saline Waters > Seawater > Oceans and Seas > Aquatic Organisms > Seaweed > Kelp > Macrocystis
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Saline Waters > Seawater > Oceans and Seas > Aquatic Organisms > Seaweed > Kelp > Macrocystis
... > Geographic Locations > Oceans and Seas > Aquatic Organisms > Seaweed > Kelp > Macrocystis
... > Physical Phenomena > Geological Phenomena > Oceans and Seas > Aquatic Organisms > Seaweed > Kelp > Macrocystis
Organism Forms > Aquatic Organisms > Seaweed > Kelp > Macrocystis

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Macrocystis  

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Definition

  • A genus of BROWN ALGAE in the family Lessoniaceae, and one of the major forms of KELP. The species Macrocystis pyrifera, also known as giant kelp, is the largest of the marine algae. The largest kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera.

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  • txid35122

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WD57T57F-D

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