Fucus serratus Linnaeus, 1753
(Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack)

Interactions where Fucus serratus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		may have epiphytic			Electra pilosa	a seamat	Cheilostomatida: Electridae	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Cheilostomatida/Electridae/Electra pilosa/	Electra pilosa	a seamat					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack					Major			grows on
		may have epiphytic			Membranipora membranacea	Sea Mat	Cheilostomatida: Membraniporidae	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Cheilostomatida/Membraniporidae/Membranipora membranacea/	Membranipora membranacea	sea mat					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack					Rare			grows on
		may have epiphytic			Celleporella hyalina	a bryozoan	Cheilostomatida: Hippothoidae	Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Cheilostomatida/Hippothoidae/Celleporella hyalina/	Celleporella hyalina	a bryozoan					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack								grows on
		may have epiphytic			Schizoporella unicornis	a bryozoan	Cheilostomatida: Schizoporellidae	Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Cheilostomatida/Schizoporellidae/Schizoporella unicornis/	Schizoporella unicornis	a bryozoan					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack					Rare			grows on
		may have epiphytic			Alcyonidium gelatinosum	a bryozoan	Ctenostomatida: Alcyonidiidae	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Alcyonidiidae/Alcyonidium gelatinosum/	Alcyonidium gelatinosum	a bryozoan					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack					Major			grows on
		may have epiphytic			Alcyonidium hirsutum	a bryozoan	Ctenostomatida: Alcyonidiidae	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Alcyonidiidae/Alcyonidium hirsutum/	Alcyonidium hirsutum	a bryozoan					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack					Major			grows on
		may have epiphytic			Flustrellidra hispida	a bryozoan	Ctenostomatida: Flustrellidridae	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Flustrellidridae/Flustrellidra hispida/	Flustrellidra hispida	a bryozoan					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack					Major			grows on
		may have epiphytic			Amathia imbricata	a bryozoan	Ctenostomatida: Vesiculariidae	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Vesiculariidae/Amathia imbricata/	Amathia imbricata	a bryozoan					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack								grows on
		may have epiphytic			Walkeria uva	a bryozoan	Ctenostomatida: Walkeriidae	Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Walkeriidae/Walkeria uva/	Walkeria uva	a bryozoan					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack								grows on
thallus (moribund, washed up, moist)		moribund, washed up, moist thallus is decayed by Asteromyces anamorph			Asteromyces cruciatus	an anamorphic ascomycete		Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Asteromyces cruciatus/	Asteromyces cruciatus	an anamorphic ascomycete				Asteromyces anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus					Asteromyces anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus
thallus (moribund, washed up, moist)		moribund, washed up, moist thallus is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph			Alternaria maritima	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria maritima/	Alternaria maritima	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus					Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus
thallus (moribund, washed up, moist)		moribund, washed up, moist thallus is decayed by Scolecobasidium anamorph			Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus					Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus
thallus (moribund, washed up, moist)		moribund, washed up, moist thallus is decayed by Sigmoidea anamorph			Sigmoidea marina	an anamorphic ascomycete	Microascales: Halosphaeriaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Halosphaeriaceae/Sigmoidea marina/	Sigmoidea marina	an anamorphic ascomycete				Sigmoidea anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus					Sigmoidea anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov.	TBMS Vol 74 (3): 615-623.
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe	reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
Ryland, J.S., 1962	Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa	Field Studies 1(4): 33-51.

Fucus serratus (Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Fucus
(wracks)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Fucus serratus (Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack)
Genus	Fucus (wracks)
Family	FUCACEAE (a family of wracks)
Order	FUCALES (an order of wracks)
Class	PHAEOPHYCEAE (brown seaweeds)
Subphylum	PHAEISTA (a subphylum of chromists)
Phylum	OCHROPHYTA (a phylum of chromists)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Fucus serratus is also a member of:
Seaweeds - differentiated, multicellular, marine algae (via Phaeophyceae)
Macrophytes - multi-cellular plants (via Seaweeds)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Seaweeds)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fucus serratus (Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Brown, H. & Wilkinson, M.		Pictures to help with identification of Fucus species from the British Isles	http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/macroalgae/literature-and-taxonomic-keys.aspx

Fucus serratus (Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Fucus
(wracks)

PHAEOPHYCEAE
(brown seaweeds)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Plant Pathology
Zuccaro, A. & Schulz, B. & Mitchell, J.I.	2003	Molecular detection of ascomycetes associated with Fucus serratus	Mycol. Res. Vol 107 (12): 1451-1466.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Fucus serratus (Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack):

Fucus
(wracks)

PHAEOPHYCEAE
(brown seaweeds)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Fucus serratus (Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack)

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