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Macrocystis pyrifera   (Linnaeus) Agardh, 1820

Giant kelp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Macrocystis pyrifera  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Refs. 26875, 80701, 82054, 83613.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Abbott, I.A. and G.J. Hollenberg, 1976
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bladder kelp, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Phaeophyceae > Laminariales () > Lessoniaceae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range ? - 20 m (Ref. 26875).   Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5,000 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26875)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Epifaunal (Ref. 93290).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.6 - 27.5, mean 14.8 (based on 3026 cells).