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Dactylosiphon bullosus

(D.A.Saunders) Santiañez, K.M.Lee, S.M.Boo & Kogame
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Ectocarpales
Family
Scytosiphonaceae

Dactylosiphon bullosus

Sea rubber

Authority
(D.A.Saunders) Santiañez, K.M.Lee, S.M.Boo & Kogame
Thallus is a cylindrical, yellowish-brown contorted sac that often grows in small clusters. It has an irregular cushion-like base and holdfast. Thallus generally doesn't grow larger than 20 cm (8 in) tall.

Habitat

This annual is found in the low intertidal zone growing on rock and prefers semi-protected to semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Unalaska Island, Alaska to central California; China; Korea; Japan

Former scientific names

Scytosiphon bullosus, Colpomenia bullosa

Similar taxa

Coilodesme spp., Colpomenia peregrina, Leathesia marina

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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