#macrocystis

[rudebisco]

low intertidal macro! i still get so excited seeing macrocystis in the wild - it's so beautiful

[lovecraftsgarden]

Macrocystis pyrifera

Giant Kelp

“Those Old Ones were gone now, inside the earth and under the sea; but their dead bodies had told their secrets in dreams to the first men, who formed a cult which had never died.” -Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu

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[montereybayaquarium]

Light bulbs buoy the kelp forest's latest giant kelp startups, all growing by the speed of light in the Sea-licon Valley. Happy Seaweed Sunday!

[solraizportafolio-blog]

Huiro (Macrocystis pyrifera)

[deepseanews]

Look at the Size of that Kelp

from Look at the Size of that Kelp

[drhoz]

#3716 - Macrocystis pyrifera - Giant Kelp

AKA Rimurimu in Aotearoa.

 Originally described as Fucus pyrifer, and later as Laminaria pyrifera, then regarded as one of 17 species in Macrocystis, then recombined into one species in 1874, then split into 4, then recombined again nto 1 again.

The fastest-growing organism in the world, adding 60cm a day under ideal conditions, but not a plant - it's actually a lineage of flagellated protist that evolved multicellularity. It grows in rocky coastal areas in many of the world's oceans, and is an important component of kelp forests. By the end of the growing season, fronds can be 45m long, supported by the gas-filled float at the base of each blade.

Collected for food and the chemical content in some places.

Kelp forests in some parts of NZ and the rest of the world have almost vanished, which devastates the associated species. Factors include rising water temperatures, and explosions in the number of kelp-eating species such as the purple sea urchin.

Ōnawe Peninsula, Akaroa Harbour, Banks Peninsula,  Aotearoa New Zealand.

[captain-howard]

All about that Macrocystis. Solid weekend of diving to start the semester out right. #scubadiving #humboldtstatediving #reefcheck #vandamme #giantkelp #macrocystis #underdasea (at Van Damme State Park)

[dani-bomb]

Your eyes go out toward the water, and the waves rise; your hands go out to the earth and the seeds swell; you know the deep essence of water and the earth, conjoined in you like a formula for clay. #macrocystis #algae #ocean #Neruda