''Analipus japonicus'', or sea fir, is a brown alga species in the genus ''
Analipus
''Analipus'' is a brown algae genus in the family Ralfsiaceae
Ralfsiaceae is a family of brown algae in the order Ralfsiales
Ralfsiales is an order of crustose brown algae
Brown algae (: alga) are a large group of multicellular algae ...
''.
This species contains the phlorotannins
difucol,
trifucol,
tetrafucol A
Tetrafucol A is a fucol-type phlorotannin found in the brown algae ''Ascophyllum nodosum
''Ascophyllum nodosum'' is a large, common cold water seaweed or brown alga ( Phaeophyceae) in the family Fucaceae. Its common names include knotted wrack, ...
and
B, two
pentafucols, four
hexafucols, a
heptafucol mixture and halogenated compounds such as bromo- and chlorotrifucol, 5'-bromo- and 5'-chlorotetrafucol-A as well as 5'-bromo- and 5'-chloropentafucol-A.
This brown alga species is a Pacific subtropical-boreal plant species that populates the stone coast from the Sea of Japan to the Bering Sea and from Alaska to California. The ''Analipus'' thallus is an abiding lobed basal crust ("tar spot"), from which a short lived vertical axis with a number of branches develop. From the branches develop a
unilocular or multilocular sporangia advance on the branches.
References
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External links
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''Analipus japonicus''at
Algaebase
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History
AlgaeBase began in March 1996, founded by Michael D. Guiry, Michael Guiry. Text ...
. Includes photo gallery
''Analipus japonicus''at Seaweeds of Alaska. Includes photo gallery
Edible seaweeds
Ralfsiales
Plants described in 1971
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