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Frilly Red Ribbon
Devaleraea callophylloides
Authority:
(M.W.Hawkes & Scagel) G.W.Saunders, C.J.Jackson & Salomaki
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to northern British Columbia; Russia
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Palmariales
Family:
Palmariaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Palmaria callophylloides; misidentified as Palmaria palmata f. sarniensis, Devaleraea ramentacea
Description: Thallus is crisp, shiny, deep red to yellowish pink, reaching 10-15 cm (4-10 in) tall. The thallus is narrow, flattened, repeatedly dichotomously branched, occasionally palmate, tapering to a discoidal holdfast. Some thalli become hollow and resemble the North Atlantic species Devaleraea ramentacea.  Habitat: This annual occurs on rock in the high to mid, sometimes low, intertidal (generally above P. hecatensis and P. mollis, if present) of semi-exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Devaleraea mollis, Callophyllis spp.
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