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Pyropia gardneri

(G.M.Smith & Hollenberg) S.C.Lindstrom
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Bangiophyceae
Order
Bangiales
Family
Bangiaceae

Pyropia gardneri

Kelp laver

Authority
(G.M.Smith & Hollenberg) S.C.Lindstrom
Thallus is somewhat oval, to 12 cm (5 in) long, reddish pink, one cell layer thick, with the margin slightly ruffled to somewhat ragged. Sexes are intermixed.

Habitat

This species grows in large numbers along the edges of blades of Laminaria and sometimes other kelps in the low intertidal and subtidal of semi-exposed and exposted habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico; Commander Islands, Russia

Former scientific names

Porphyrella gardneri, Porphyra gardneri

Similar taxa

This taxa may also be called Porphyrella gardneri G.M.Smith & Hollenberg. Wildemania variegata, another common epiphyte on kelps, is larger and has a blade sectored into separate male and female.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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