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Rockweed Brush
Odonthalia comosa
Authority:
(Setchell & N.L.Gardner) G.W.Saunders & C.W.Schneider
North Pacific Distribution:
Aleutian Islands to Point Conception, California; Russia
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Ceramiales
Family:
Rhodomelaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Odonthalia floccosa f. comosa
Description: Thallus is dark brown to black, to ~ 20 cm (8 in) tall, main axis cylindrical to slightly compressed, with numerous short branchlets clustered along the axis and on indeterminate branches. Habitat: This taxon occurs on mid intertidal bedrock, often forming a band, on semi-protected to exposed shores. Similar taxa: Odonthalia floccosa, Neorhodomela spp.

Comments:
This species may be Odonthalia floccosa.

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