C. Bird's & C. Pross's Seaweeds of Gaff Point/Hirtle's Beach

Brown Seaweeds (Phaeophyceae)

These seaweeds on Hirtle's Beach and at the Gaff Point headland were collected and photographed by Catherine Pross in the period 2002-2004 with the collaboration of Carolyn J. Bird of the National Research Council laboratory in Halifax, Nova Scotia who also identified the species.

Photographer: Catherine Pross

Scientific names link to the World Register of Marine Species
where acronyms and any updates to the nomencalture are given.

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Agarum Clathratum Dumortier, 1822
(Sea Colander)
June 27, 2002

Ascophyllum-nodosum

Ascophyllum nodosum(Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863 (Egg Wrack)
May 5, 2004

crustose-brown-seaweed

Crustose brown seaweed
Sep 9, 2002

Desmarestia-sp.-attached-to-mussel

Desmarestia aculeata attached-to-mussel
June 27, 2002

Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus

Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus (Hudson) Greville, 1830
Aug 17, 2002

Elachista-fucicola-on-Fucus

Elachista fucicola(Velley) Areschoug, 1842, epiphytic on Fucus evanescens
Aug 17, 2002

Elachista-fucicola-on-Fucus

Elachista fucicola (Velley) Areschoug, 1842, epiphytic on Fucus evanescens
Aug 17, 2002

Eudesme-virescens

Eudesme virescens(Carmichael ex Berkeley) J.Agardh, 1882
Aug 17, 2002

Fucus-evanescens-f.-edentatus

Fucus evanescens var. edentatus (De La Pylaie) Stršmfelt, 1886
June 27, 2002

Fucus-evanescens-f.-edentatus

Fucus evanescens var. edentatus (De La Pylaie) Stršmfelt, 1886
September 9, 2002

Fucus-spiralis

Fucus spiralis (Velley) Areschoug, 1842, epiphytic on Fucus evanescens
Aug 17, 2002

Fucus-vesiculosus

Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus, 1753,
Sep 9, 2002

Laminaria digitata

Laminaria digitata(Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
(tangle or oarweed kelp)
Jun 27, 2002

Petalonia-fascia

Petalonia fascia(O.F.MŸller) Kuntze, 1898
May 5, 2004

Punctaria-plantaginea

Punctaria plantaginea (Roth) Greville, 1830
May 5, 2004

Ralfsia-verrucosa

Ralfsia verrucosa (Areschoug) Areschoug, 1845Ê, May 5, 2004

Laminaria-saccharina-longicruris

Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus)
C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl &
G.W.Saunders, 2006
(sugar kelp)
Apr 29, 2003

Elachista-fucicola-on-Fucus

Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link, 1833
May 5, 2004

Scytosiphon-lomentaria

Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link, 1833
May 5, 2004