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Egregia menziesii

(Turner) Areschoug
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Laminariales
Family
Arthrothamnaceae

Egregia menziesii

Feather boa kelp

Authority
(Turner) Areschoug
Thallus is strap-shaped, dark brown to olive green, covered with dense papillae and bearing small blades and air bladders along the margins of the straps. This species is mostly less than 4.5 m (15 ft) long. Holdfast is conical, compact and richly- branched (haptera).

Habitat

The species is a perennial occurring in the low intertidal to subtidal zones of semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Baranof Island, Southeast Alaska south to Baja California, Mexico

Former scientific names

Fucus menziesii, Macrocystis menziesii, Egregia laevigata

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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