Ahnfeltia fastigiata
Bushy ahnfelt's seaweed
- Authority
- (Endlicher) Makienko
Habitat
This tough perennial is slow growing and found on rock, often associated with sand, in the mid to low intertidal of semi-exposed to semi-protected habitats. It sometimes occurs unattached in balls.
North Pacific Distribution
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to northern Baja California, Mexico; Korea; Japan; Russia
Former scientific names
Chondrus fastigiatus, Gymnogongrus fastigiatus, Gigartina fastigiata
Similar taxa
Ahnfeltia borealis looks identical but occurs from the northern Bering Sea north.
References
Last updated December 26, 2010