Fucus

See also: fucus

Translingual

Fucus vesiculosus (bladder wrack)

Etymology

From Latin fucus (“lichen, rouge, red dye”), from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”).

Proper noun

Fucus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fucaceae – certain brown alga.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Heterokonta - superphylum; Ochrophyta - phylum; Phaeophyceae - class; Fucophycidae - subclass; Fucales - order; Fucaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Fucus vesiculosus (bladder wrack) - type species; Fucus aleuticus, Fucus ceranoides, Fucus chalonii, Fucus cottonii, Fucus distichus, Fucus evanescens, Fucus gardneri, Fucus nereideus, Fucus serratus, Fucus spermophorus, Fucus spiralis, Fucus tendo, Fucus virsoides - selected other species

References

• Fucus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fucus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Fucus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Fucus at AlgaeBase