''Fucus virsoides'' is a species of

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endemic to the

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. The

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was defined as one of the southernmost limits of ''Fucus virsoides.''

References

Biota of the Mediterranean Sea Plants described in 1868 Fucaceae Taxa named by Jacob Georg Agardh {{algae-stub