Pyropia perforata

Purple laver

Authority: (J.Agardh) S.C.Lindstrom

Thallus is a purple (sometimes dark green), broadly expanded blade a single cell layer thick. Sexes are intermixed along the margin of the blade. This species is common from British Columbia south but is less common in Alaska.

Habitat

It occurs in the mid intertidal on rock in semi-protected to semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

Former scientific names

Porphyra perforata, Porphyra sanjuanensis, Neoporphyra perforata

Similar taxa

May also be called Neoporphyra perforata.

References

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Last updated December 26, 2010