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Delicate Northern Sea Fan
Euthora cristata
Authority:
(C. Agardh) J. Agardh
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to northern Washington; Japan; Russia.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Gigartinales
Family:
Kallymeniaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Callophyllis cristata
Description: Thallus is rose red, branched, reaching 12 cm (5 in) tall but usually shorter. The main axis is 5 mm (0.2 in) or less wide, and the highly-branched branches become narrower toward their tips. Habitat: This species grows on a variety of hosts (rock, other algae, animals) in the low intertidal and subtidal of semi-protected to exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Callophyllis
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