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Mikami's Sea Oak
Mikamiella ruprechtiana
Authority:
(Zinova) M.J. Wynne
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. to Southeast Alaska; Russia.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Ceramiales
Family:
Delesseriaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Hypophyllum ruprechtianum
Description: Thallus is dark red to dusky pink, crisp, shiny, reaching 40 cm (16 in) tall. Blades are oval to elongate, with midrib and conspicuous, branched lateral veins; margins are undulate, sometimes with spine-like teeth. Holdfast is discoidal or of ribbonlike branches. Reproductive structures are on bladelets along midrib or veins. Habitat: This perennial is usually found in the subtidal zone (0-20 m) on rock or other algae in semi-exposed to exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Congregatocarpus kurilensis, Yendonia crassifolia differ in anatomical and reproductive features and are much less common.
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