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False Northern Thread
Pseudothrix borealis
Authority:
Hanic & S.C.Lindstrom
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to southern British Columbia; Korea; Japan; Russia
Phylum:
Chlorophyta
Class:
Ulvophyceae
Order:
Ulotrichales
Family:
Ulotrichaceae
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Description: Thallus is an emerald green tube to 10 cm tall and very narrow (~ 1 mm diam.). Cells are small (3-6 mm diam.), rounded, often in groups of 2 or 4 basally, larger (~15 mm diam.) at distal end of thallus. Habitat: The species is found on mid to lower intertidal boulders and bedrock in spring and early summer. Similar taxa: Rosenvingiella, Ulothrix, Urospora
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