Ericaria amentacea
Species of Phaeophyceae
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Ericaria amentacea (syns. Cystoseira amentacea, Carpodesmia amentacea) is a large marine brown algae.[1]
| Ericaria amentacea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Sargassaceae |
| Genus: | Ericaria |
| Species: | E. amentacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Ericaria amentacea | |
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Distribution
Ericaria amentacea occurs in the Azores and the western Mediterranean Sea. It forms a species complex with Ericaria selaginoides, a similar but non caespitose species from the Northeast Atlantic and western Mediterranean.[2]
