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Mikamiella ruprechtiana

(Zinova) M.J.Wynne
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Delesseriaceae

Mikamiella ruprechtiana

Mikami's sea oak

Authority
(Zinova) M.J.Wynne
Thallus is dark red to dusky pink, crisp, shiny, reaching 40 cm (16 in) tall. Blades are oval to elongate, with midrib and conspicuous, branched lateral veins; margins are undulate, sometimes with spine-like teeth. Holdfast is discoidal or of ribbonlike branches. Reproductive structures are on bladelets along midrib or veins.

Habitat

This perennial is usually found in the subtidal zone 0-20 m (0-66 ft) on rock or other algae in semi-exposed to exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to Southeast Alaska; Russia

Former scientific names

Hypophyllum ruprechtianum

Similar taxa

Congregatocarpus kurilensis and Yendonia crassifolia differ in anatomical and reproductive features and are much less common.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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