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Northern Red Blade
Neodilsea borealis
Authority:
(I.A. Abbott) S.C. Lindstrom
North Pacific Distribution:
Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, to northern Washington.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Gigartinales
Family:
Dumontiaceae
Former Scientific Names:
N. americana
Description: Thallus is a dark red blade, entire, often somewhat wrinkled, tapering to a short, slender stipe and minute discoidal holdfast. It is usually less than 30 cm (12 in) tall but can attain 1 m (39 in). Although it can be somewhat shiny in appearance, it is never slippery, and veins and midrib are lacking. Habitat: This uncommon species is a biennial; it grows on pebbles in soft sediment in the extreme low intertidal and upper subtidal of protected or semi-protected habitats.
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