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Title: Giant kelp detail (Macrocystis pyrifera), Tasmania, Australia
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Gas bladders of a giant kelp plant (Macrocystis pyrifera). Fortescue Bay, Tasmania, Australia. Tasman Sea.
This is the same species of giant kelp which is wide spread on the Pacific coast of North America. In Australia these forests are only found in Tasmania.
This is the same species of giant kelp which is wide spread on the Pacific coast of North America. In Australia these forests are only found in Tasmania.
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- Algae
- Australia
- Brown Algae
- Brown Algae: Brown Seaweeds: Phaeophyta
- Eagle Hawk Neck
- giant kelp: Macrocystis pyrifera
- kelp forest
- Kelps: Sea Weeds: Laminariales
- Marine Life
- Tasmania
- Tasman Sea
- temperate
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