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Graceful Coral Seaweed
Corallina vancouveriensis
Authority:
Yendo
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to Baja California, Mexico; Japan.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Corallinales
Family:
Corallinaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Corallina densa
Description: Thallus is calcareous, articulated, light pink to light purple, forming dense tufts to 6 or more cm (2.4 in) tall from a basal crust. Branching is pinnate to verticillate, and dense. Axial segments are 1 mm long and more or less cylindrical. Reproductive conceptacles are located at tips of branches but are rare. Habitat: This species forms dense mats on emergent bedrock or in tidepools in the mid to low intertidal zones of exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Corallina frondescens, C. officinalis var. chilensis.
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