spiral wrack
Fucus spiralis
Category: Seagrass & Algae
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Chromista
- Phylum
- Ochrophyta
- Class
- Phaeophyceae
- Order
- Fucales
- Family
- Fucaceae
- Genus
- Fucus
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 10 countries and 2 regions.
- Corsica, France - 5 records
- Silfra & Thingvellir, Iceland - 13 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 135 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 90 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 5 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 2 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 4 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 372 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 260 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 363 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 205 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 203 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 72 records
- Alaska, United States - 4 records