The seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida, together with other species of Coelopa, are known to feed, mate, and create habitats out of different species of Fucus. This is of particular notice when the Fucus is stranded on the beach and not when it is submerged under seawater.

Fucus, genus of brown algae, common on rocky seacoasts and in salt marshes of northern temperate regions. Fucus species, along with other kelp, are an important source of alginates—colloidal extracts with many industrial uses similar to those of agar.

Fucus is representative of an interesting group of organisms that are commonly seen attached to rocks and visible at low tide in the intertidal zone. Most of the organisms called ‘seaweeds’ are brown algae, although some are red algae and a few are green algae.

We describe stress ecology using Fucus because (1) the genus includes a set of ecologically important foundation species with a wide longitudinal and latitudinal distribution, (2) most Fucus species occur in stressful habitats of the intertidal or shallow subtidal and (3) some species (notably Fucus vesiculosus) are already experiencing losses ...

Mar 31, 2023 · Habitat and Geographic Range. Fucus is common in the upper mid-intertidal zone, in exposed to protected outer and inner coast locals, from Alaska to Southern California (Lamb and Hanby 2005).

Fucus is a large multicellular organism that is most common in relatively cool waters, intertidal and shallow waters, and is well-adapted in life. Fucus belongs to a small group of eukaryotes who had a phylum of their own long ago, the Phaeophyta.

Dec 13, 2018 · The genus Fucus comprises more than 100 species and is an extremely marine alga, widely distributed along the sea coasts of temperate and arctic regions. They are attached on the rocks under cold water between the high and low tide marks by their flat, discoid holdfasts.

In terms of species interactions, Fucus colonization of the high intertidal sequesters moisture and forms important refuge habitat for many intertidal invertebrates including littorina spp., various isopods, etc (personal observation). This refuge habitat, however, is …

Oct 13, 2021 · Like most (but not all) brown algae, Fucus is a large, multicellular organism that well-adapted to life in intertidal and shallow coastal waters, most commonly in relatively cool waters.

Bladderwrack's humble abode (Habitat) Fucus vesiculosus can grow in the littoral zone, where the tide changes the depth of the water, and the sublittoral zone, where the organism is constantly submerged.