Pyropia taeniata

Long laver

Authority: S.C.Lindstrom

Thallus is a linear blade, one cell layer thick, reaching about 40 cm (16 in) long and 2 cm (0.75 in) wide, usually reddish-pink or reddish-brown. Male cells are in whitish margins; fertilized female cells are in hieroglyph-like streaks across distal ends of separate female plants.

Habitat

This species occurs on low intertidal rock in spring to early summer. In western Aleutians, this species is found in the high to mid intertidal, where it is more brownish in color.

North Pacific Distribution

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to northern Southeast Alaska; Russia

Former scientific names

misidentified as Pyropia pseudolinearis, Porphyra pseudolinearis

References

AlgaeBase (opens in a new tab)
Lindstrom, S., M.R. Lindeberg & D.A. Guthrie. 2015. Marine macroalgae of the Aleutian Islands: I. Bangiales. Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 30(40): 247-263. DOI: 10.4490/algae.2015.30.4.247 doi.org/10.4490/algae.2015.30.4.247 (opens in a new tab)

Last updated December 26, 2010