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Coilodesme fucicola

(Yendo) Nagai
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Ectocarpales
Family
Chordariaceae

Coilodesme fucicola

Kelp fringe

Authority
(Yendo) Nagai
Thallus is a flattened, obovate to elongate, light brown sac, with a narrow stipe, to 13 cm (5 in) tall and 0.8 cm (0.3 in) wide, attached by an inconspicuous discoidal holdfast.

Habitat

This species grows in abundance along the margin of kelps, particularly Laminaria repens, in the low intertidal of semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands to western Gulf of Alaska; Russia

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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