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Bushy Ahnfelt's Seaweed
Ahnfeltia fastigiata
Authority:
(Endlicher) Makienko
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to northern Baja California, Mexico; Korea; Japan; Russia.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Ahnfeltiales
Family:
Ahnfeltiaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Gigartina fastigiata
Description: Thallus is wiry, dark purple to black, growing in tufts to 15 cm (6 in) tall. Branches are repeatedly dichotomously branched, to 0.5 mm (0.02 in) diameter. Habitat: This tough perennial is slow growing and found on rock, often associated with sand, in the mid to low intertidal of semi-exposed to semi-protected habitats. Similar taxa: Ahnfeltia plicata looks identical but occurs from the Bering Sea north.
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