Macrocystis pyrifera

**Macrocystis pyrifera**
	species of kelp
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Common name
	English: Giant kelp; Afrikaans: Reusekelp; العربية: طحلب الكلب العملاق; مصرى: طحلب الكلب العملاق; Deutsch: Riesentang; فارسی: کتانجک غول; suomi: Päärynäjättikelppi; עברית: קלפ ענק; hrvatski: Divovski kelp; 日本語: オオウキモ; 한국어: 거대다시마; norsk bokmål: Kjempetare; Nederlands: reuzenkelp; norsk: Kjempetare; polski: Wielkomorszcz gruszkonośny; srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Divovski kelp; 中文: 梨形巨藻; 中文（中国大陆）: 梨形巨藻; 中文（臺灣）: 梨形巨藻;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Chromista
Subkingdom	Harosa
Infrakingdom	Halvaria
Superphylum	Heterokonta
Phylum	Ochrophyta
Subphylum	Phaeista
Infraphylum	Limnista
Superclass	Fucistia
Class	Phaeophyceae
Subclass	Fucophycidae
Order	Laminariales
Family	Laminariaceae
Genus	Macrocystis
Species	Macrocystis pyrifera
Authority file
	Q278392; Library of Congress authority ID: sh85079441; J9U ID: 987007541027205171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 35122; ITIS TSN: 11274; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 906815; BioLib taxon ID: 299873; GBIF taxon ID: 5422328; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 232231; AlgaeBase URL: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=4427; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 6bba5615-b3b7-4fd0-87cb-9967cbdc2ec0; iNaturalist taxon ID: 124748; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0020703533; IRMNG ID: 11413847
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Chromista • Phylum: Ochrophyta • Classis: Phaeophyceae • Ordo: Laminariales • Familia: Laminariaceae • Genus: Macrocystis • Species: Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh

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