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Codium fragile subsp. californicum

(J.Agardh) Maggs & J.Kelly
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Bryopsidales
Family
Codiaceae

Codium fragile subsp. californicum

Sea staghorn

Authority
(J.Agardh) Maggs & J.Kelly
Thallus is spongy in texture, blackish-green and dichotomously branched; the holdfast is a small cushion supporting erect branches to 30 cm (12 in) tall. Thallus consists of interwoven and confluent filaments that lack crosswalls and are in fact a single multinucleate cell (a coenocyte). An unpleasant, pungent odor is associated with this species.

Habitat

This species is typically found on bedrock or boulders in the low intertidal of semi-exposed coasts.

North Pacific Distribution

Green Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska, to Baja California, Mexico

Former scientific names

Codium mucronatum f. californicum, Codium fragile var. californicum

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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