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False Sea Felt
Ectocarpus sliculosus
Authority:
(Dillwyn) Lyngbye
North Pacific Distribution:
Arctic coast of Alaska south to central California; Korea; Japan.
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Phaeophyceae
Order:
Ectocarpales
Family:
Ectocarpaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Conferva siliculosa
Description: Thallus is light brown, with very finely branched uniseriate filaments to 60 μm diam. and reaching at least 8 cm (3 in) tall.  Branches taper and are more or less alternate.  The cells have several ribbonlike chloroplasts per cell. Habitat: The species is usually epiphytic on other algae in low intertidal sheltered habitats in mid to late summer. Similar taxa: Elachista, Pylaiella, Sphacelaria
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