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Northern Mazz Weed
Mazzaella phyllocarpa
Authority:
(Postels & Ruprecht) Perestenko
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. to Southeast Alaska; Russia.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Gigartinales
Family:
Gigartinaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Iridaea lilacina, I. furcata, misidentified as I. heterocarpa
Description: Thallus is usually burgundy red, somewhat rubbery, not iridescent, to 15 cm (6 in) tall and nearly as wide. Blades are deeply cleft into irregular, often pointed lobes. Reproductive blades have large cystocarps (4 mm diam.) bulging from the blade surface. Habitat: This species grows on rock in the mid to low intertidal, often in tidepools, of semi-protected to semi-exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Mazzaella oregona, M. parvula.
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