Species:
Laminaria digitata (Hudson) Lamouroux
Fingertare in Norwegian Bokmål
Doire, Red ware, Seagirdles in English
Classification
The species Laminaria digitata belongs to:
Photos
Photos of Laminaria digitata (2):
1 of 2: Habit
The species forms a zone in the upper sublittoral- Species
- Laminaria digitata
- Verified by
- Bergen Seaweed Group
- Sampling location
- Ormhilleren, Sotra, Hordaland
- Sampling date
- 2008-03-09
- Published
- 2008-08-20
- Photo is showing (categorized)
2 of 2: Habitat
It is present in the lower intertidal of wave-exposed parts of the entire Norwegian coast, often forming a zone above the Laminaria hyperborea kelp forest
It can be separated from L. hyperborea by a Y- shaped junction between stipes and lamina. The stipes is smooth, flexible and a little flattened in the upper part. The thalli can be shaped in many ways, broad, narrow, with a long or short stipes.
Photo: © Vivian Husa Terms of use- Species
- Laminaria digitata
- Verified by
- Bergen Seaweed Group
- Sampling location
- Ormhilleren, Øygarden, Hordaland
- Sampling date
- 2007-03-15
- Published
- 2008-03-07
- Photo is showing (categorized)
Note: Photo: Bernt Rydland Olsen
Closest relatives
Other species in the same genus (Laminaria):