Portions of the frond - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 38785 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | NONE Durvillea utilis | Entry Book Number | ||
Artefact Name | Portions of the frond | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
Parts Held | Portions of the frond | Geography Description | Southern Ocean | ||
Uses | Portions of the frondUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
Storage | Bottles etc, outsize | Related Items | |||
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Notes: | Label source: A huge seaweed, 700ft long found abundantly in the Southern Ocean, attached to rocks and frequently serving as a buoy to warn off vessels and as a natural breakwater to moderate the fury of the waves; it forms also a fish preserve to the na, tives; myriads of fish as well as of Crustaceae and Mollusca, taking refuge amongst its fronds. |