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Chaetomorpha melagonium

(F.Weber & Mohr) Kützing
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Cladophorales
Family
Cladophoraceae

Chaetomorpha melagonium

Coarse green sea hair

Authority
(F.Weber & Mohr) Kützing
Thallus is erect, bright green, to 10-20 cm tall. The uniseriate thallus is composed of rectangular cells to 350 μm or more diameter, usually longer than broad, large enough to see with the naked eye. The thalli often grown in small clusters.

Habitat

This species is found on rock, usually subtidally, in protected or semi-protected habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to northern Washington; Korea; Japan; Russia

Former scientific names

Conferva melagonium

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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