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Northern Sea Fern
Ptilota serrata
Authority:
Kützing
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to Southeast Alaska; Japan; Russia
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Ceramiales
Family:
Wrangeliaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Ptilota pectinata
Description: Thallus is dark red, dull, finely branched, reaching 25 cm (9 in) tall; with branching in opposite pairs, with both branchlets having the potential to elongate, branch and produce reproductive structures although usually one of a pair develops ahead of the other. Habitat: This annual is found on rock in the low intertidal to subtidal of semi-protected to semi-exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Ptilota spp.
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