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Egregia menziesii Feather Boa Kelp

Egregia menziesii is commonly referred to as Feather Boa Kelp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA

Kelp Wrack Buried in Place--Summer Beach Filling Back In.Feather Boa Kelp, Egregia menziesii,North Point, Morro Strand State Beach,Morro Bay, California 2018

After the winter storms and surf wash away the beach, it all gets returned to the beach in summer, here burying part of the kelp which had washed ashore.Interesting at least to me: on a few of the stipes (far left & at top center) you can see the Seaweed Limpet, Discurria insessa, which lives ONLY on this species of kelp.
Courtesy of the author Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA Marlin Harms. Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
13947 
AphiaID:
372502 
Scientific:
Egregia menziesii 
German:
Federboa-Kelp 
English:
Feather Boa Kelp 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Chromista (Kingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Laminariales (Order) > Lessoniaceae (Family) > Egregia (Genus) > menziesii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Turner) Areschoug, 1876 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 787.4" (2000 cm) 
Temperature:
~ -20.2 °F (-29°C) 
Food:
Photosynthesis 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Egregia marpessa
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-09-06 17:59:33 

Info

Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug, 1876

The Feather-boa Kelp is usually dark brown to olive green in colour. This kelp can grow to a total length of 20 m, though usually grows to about 10 m.

The limpet Discurria insessa feeds on Egregia menziesii as well as its epiphytes.

Synonymised names:
Egregia laevigata Setchell, 1896
Egregia laevigata f. borealis Setchell, 1901
Egregia laevigata subsp. borealis (Setchell) P.C.Silva, 1957 (synonym)
Egregia menziesii subsp. insularis P.C.Silva, 1957
Egregia planifolia V.J.Chapman, 1961 (synonym)
Fucus menziesii Turner, 1808
Macrocystis menziesii (Turner) C.Agardh, 1820
Phyllospora menziesii (Turner) C.Agardh, 1839 (synonym)

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Egregia menziesii subsp. insularis P.C.Silva, 1957 accepted as Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug, 1876

External links

  1. AlgaeBase (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2021.
  2. Biodiversity of The Central Coast (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2021.
  3. SIMoN (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2021.
  4. SIMoN Photo Library (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2021.
  5. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2021.

Pictures

Commonly

Kelp Wrack Buried in Place--Summer Beach Filling Back In.Feather Boa Kelp, Egregia menziesii,North Point, Morro Strand State Beach,Morro Bay, California 2018
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Feather Boa Kelp (Egregia menziesii) and Surfgrass (Phyllospadix sp.). Spring Island, near Kyuqot, British Columbia 2012
Lottia incessa on Egregia menziesii (Feather Boa Kelp). These little limpets chew away on the kelp, making a distinctive depression.False Point, La Jolla, California.Dec. 10, 2011
Kelps Draping at Minus Tide.Mostly Feather Boa Kelp, Egregia menziesii,North Point,Morro Strand State Beach,Morro Bay, California 2020
Egregia menziesii, Feather Boa Kelp, with Discurria insessa, Seaweed Limpet.In intertidal at minus tide,Cayucos, California 2019

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