Giant Kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera

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Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) is a species of brown algae in the family Laminariaceae. Giant Kelp form kelp forests.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25513
Definition: combine to create (something), eg: a structure

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000058

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EOL has data for 9 attributes, including:

is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Lithopoma Gray 1850
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Lithopoma Gray 1850
cultivated in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/cultivated_in
- Definition: This organism is cultivated (populations grown with the aid of human effort or technology) in the following region(s)
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Peru
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3932488
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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California
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/5332921
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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Peru
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3932488
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skeleton structure
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_0002342
- Definition: The structure of a skeleton.
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soft bodied
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12501479
- Definition: non-skeletal fauna
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Swedish Museum of Natural History
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15668
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used for
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Uses
- Definition: The uses of the organism or products derived from the organism.
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food
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095
- Definition: any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Giant kelp. View this species on GBIF

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