Rhodophyta · Red Seaweed

Wildemania norrisii

(V.Krishnamurthy) S.C.Lindstrom
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Bangiophyceae
Order
Bangiales
Family
Bangiaceae

Wildemania norrisii

Norris' laver

Authority
(V.Krishnamurthy) S.C.Lindstrom
Thallus is an olive-green, distromatic blade to 30 cm (12 in) long, strap-like or egg-shaped (ovate) and deeply lobed (hood-shaped) around the basal attachment. Male and female reproductive cells occur on separate individuals.

Habitat

This species occurs on bedrock in the mid to high intertidal on semi-protected to fully exposed shores. It was formerly included in Porphyra schizophylla.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands, Alaska to northern California

Former scientific names

Porphyra norrisii; misidentified as Wildemania schizophylla, Porphyra schizophylla

Last updated December 26, 2010

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