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Chordaria chordaeformis

(Kjellman) H.Kawai & S.-H.Kim
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Ectocarpales
Family
Chordariaceae

Chordaria chordaeformis

Stringy chocolate pencils

Authority
(Kjellman) H.Kawai & S.-H.Kim
Thalli are light to dark brown, unbranched or very sparingly branched (at an acute angle) to a single order, to 30 cm (12 in) or taller.

Habitat

Found on rock in the low intertidal or upper subtidal.

North Pacific Distribution

Northern Bering Sea, possibly Cook Inlet, Alaska; Japan; Russia

Former scientific names

Chordaria flagelliformis f. chordaeformis

Similar taxa

This species is less branched than Chordaria flagelliformis.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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