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Neorhodomela aculeata

(Perestenko) Masuda
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Rhodomelaceae

Neorhodomela aculeata

Graceful black pine

Authority
(Perestenko) Masuda
Thallus is coarse, reddish-black to yellowish-brown, reaching at least 25 cm (10 in) tall. Main axes have abundant radially arranged short determinate branches; longer branches are of indeterminate length and arise in the axils of these determinate branches.

Habitat

This perennial is found on rocks in the mid to low intertidal of semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Korea; Japan; Russia

Former scientific names

Neorhodomela larix subsp. aculeata, Rhodomela larix subsp. aculeata

Similar taxa

Neorhodomela larix, N. oregona, Odonthalia comosa

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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