''Analipus japonicus'', or sea fir, is a brown alga species in the genus ''

Analipus ''Analipus'' is a brown algae genus in the family Ralfsiaceae. See also * List of brown algal genera This is a list of the order (biology), orders, family (biology), families and genus (biology), genera in the class Phaeophyceae — the brown ...

''. This species contains the phlorotannins difucol, trifucol,

tetrafucol A Tetrafucol A is a fucol-type phlorotannin found in the brown algae '' Ascophyllum nodosum'', '' Analipus japonicus'' and '' Scytothamnus australis''. In ''A. japonicus'', 5'-bromo- and 5'-chlorotetrafucol-A can also be detected. References ...

and B, two pentafucols, four hexafucols, a heptafucol mixture and halogenated compounds such as bromo- and chlorotrifucol, 5'-bromo- and 5'-chlorotetrafucol-A as well as 5'-bromo- and 5'-chloropentafucol-A. This brown alga species is a Pacific subtropical-boreal plant species that populates the stone coast from the Sea of Japan to the Bering Sea and from Alaska to California. The ''Analipus'' thallus is an abiding lobed basal crust ("tar spot"), from which a short lived vertical axis with a number of branches develop. From the branches develop a

unilocular A locule (plural locules) or loculus (plural loculi) (meaning "little place" in Latin) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal, plant, or fungus). In angiosperms (flowering plants), the term ''locule'' usu ...

or multilocular sporangia advance on the branches.

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''Analipus japonicus''
at Seaweeds of Alaska. Includes photo gallery Edible seaweeds Ralfsiales Plants described in 1971 {{Phaeophyceae-stub

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