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Slippery Red Blade
Schizymenia pacifica
Authority:
(Kylin) Kylin
North Pacific Distribution:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to Baja California, Mexico; Russia
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Nemastomatales
Family:
Schizymeniaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Turnerella pacifica
Description: Thallus a slippery brownish red blade resembling tanned leather in texture. Blades roundish, often lacerated, with short stipe and small discoidal holdfast. Narrow, elongate gland cells may be visible under a microscope. Habitat: This annual grows on rock in the low intertidal and subtidal of semi- to fully exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Kallymeniopsis
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