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Staghorn Felt
Ceramium pacificum
Authority:
(Collins) Kylin
North Pacific Distribution:
Alaska Peninsula, Alaska,to Baja California, Mexico.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Ceramiales
Family:
Ceramiaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Ceramium rubrum var. pacificum
Description: Thallus is red, delicate, to 15 cm (6 in) tall, dichotomously or irregularly branched, with paired branch tips forcipate (shaped like crab pincers) or spreading. Short proliferous branches are often present along the main axis.  Small cells cover the large central axial cell, causing alternate light and dark bands when the thallus is held up to the light. Habitat: This species grows on rock and epiphytically in the mid to low intertidal of protected to semi-exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Microcladia borealis.
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