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Studded Sea Balloons
Soranthera ulvoidea
Authority:
Postels et Ruprecht
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to Santa Barbara, California; Commander Is., Russia.
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Phaeophyceae
Order:
Ectocarpales
Family:
Chordariaceae
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Description: Thallus is a pale to olive brown sac with dark brown bumps, tapering to an inconspicuous, discoidal holdfast. The thallus ranges from 1 to 5 cm (0.4-2 in) tall and is strictly an epiphyte on species of Neorhodomela and Odonthalia. Habitat: This summer annual is found in the mid to low intertidal from protected to semi-exposed habitats. Similar taxa: young Leathesia.
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