Saccorhiza polyschides

Saccorhiza polyschides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Tilopteridales
Family: Phyllariaceae
Genus: Saccorhiza
Species:
S. polyschides
Binomial name
Saccorhiza polyschides
(Lightf.) Batt.
Synonyms
  • Alaria pylaiei var. grandifolia (J.Agardh) Jónsson, 1904
  • Fucus bulbosus Hudson, 1778
  • Fucus polyschides Lightfoot, 1777
  • Gigantea bulbosa Stackhouse, 1816
  • Haligenia bulbosa Decaisne, 1842
  • Laminaria blossevillei Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1838
  • Laminaria bulbosa J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
  • Saccorhiza bulbosa J.Agardh, 1848

Saccorhiza polyschides, common name furbellow, is a large brown algae of the lower shore and is the largest seaweed found in Europe.