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Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) Agardh, 1820
Giant kelp| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | 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)
Epifaunal (Ref. 93290).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
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Stamps, coins, misc.
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Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | 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).