Giant Kelp Scientific name: Macrocystis pyrifera

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Giant KelpScientific name Macrocystis pyrifera
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• Classification plant-like protist brown algae
• Habitat temperate and polar coastal oceans
• Symmetry N/A
• Cellular Organization multicellular, eukaryote
• Reproduction asexual spores- a single plant can
  produce trillions of spores per year.
• Method of Obtaining Food autotroph (producer)
• Special Notes/Adaptations
• Worlds largest marine plant. Can grow 2 feet
  per day up to 175 feet. Supported in water by
  gas-filled bladders on each frond. Have
  specialized tissues and organs.