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Neorhodomela larix

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

Neorhodomela larix

Black pine

Authority
(Turner) Masuda
Thallus is stout, black to brownish-black, reaching 30 cm (12 in) tall. The main axis has stout, unbranched determinate branches whorled around it like a bottlebrush; indeterminate branches are rare.

Habitat

This tough perennial forms mats on rocks in the low intertidal of semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico; Japan; Russia

Former scientific names

Fucus larix, Rhodomela larix, Fuscaria larix

Similar taxa

Neorhodomela aculeata, N. oregona

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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