Pelagophycus
Genus of Phaeophyceae
title: "Pelagophycus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["laminariaceae", "flora-of-the-pacific", "marine-biota-of-north-america", "flora-of-california", "flora-of-baja-california", "flora-of-baja-california-sur", "flora-of-the-west-coast-of-the-united-states", "natural-history-of-the-channel-islands-of-california", "laminariales-genera", "monotypic-brown-algae-genera"] description: "Genus of Phaeophyceae" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagophycus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of Phaeophyceae ::
| image = Pelagophycus San Clemente Island.jpg | image_alt = Pelagophycus porra washed up on San Clemente Island | image_caption = Pelagophycus porra washed up on San Clemente Island | genus = Pelagophycus | species = porra |authority=(Léman) Setchell |parent_authority=Areschoug, 1881
Pelagophycus is a monotypic genus of kelp. It is found in deep waters off the west coast of central North America. The species Pelagophycus porra, also known as elk kelp, grows in temperatures of no higher than 60 °F.
It grows in subtidal forests in the coastal waters off southern California and northwestern Baja California Peninsula, in waters of 20 m to 90 m deep, anchored by a holdfast in sedimentary or loose sediment bottoms.
Three ecotypes are recognized: :Pelagophycus giganteus :Pelagophycus porra :Pelagophycus intermedius
References
References
- Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. [http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=42360&-session=abv4:322DABF1050e90D55Alup443D927 ''Pelagophycus'' Areschoug, 1881], AlgaeBase, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 7 February 2013.
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