Pelvetia

Pelvetia
	Close-up
	Growing on the side of a slipway
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Fucales
Family:	Fucaceae
Genus:	Pelvetia; Decne. & Thur.
Species:	P. canaliculata
Binomial name
	Pelvetia canaliculata; (L.) Decne. & Thur.
Synonyms
	Fucus canaliculatus L.; Halidrys canaliculata (L.) Stackhouse; Fucodium canaliculatum (L.) J.Agardh; Ascophyllum canaliculatum (L.) Kuntze; Ascophylla canaliculata (L.) Kuntze; Fucus excisus L.;

Pelvetia canaliculata, the channelled wrack, is a very common brown alga (Phaeophyceae) found on the rocks of the upper shores of Europe. It is the only species remaining in the monotypic genus Pelvetia. In 1999, the other members of this genus were reclassified as Silvetia due to differences of oogonium structure and of nucleic acid sequences of the rDNA.