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Osmundea spectabilis

(Postels & Ruprecht) K.W.Nam
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Rhodomelaceae

Osmundea spectabilis

Sea laurel

Authority
(Postels & Ruprecht) K.W.Nam
Thallus is purplish red, to ~10 cm (4 in) tall, compressed, suboppositely branched to three orders, branches shorter near apex and progressively longer below, with somewhat rounded but slightly notched branch tips.

Habitat

This species grows on rock in the low intertidal and upper subtidal of semi-exposed shores.

North Pacific Distribution

Northern Southeast Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

Former scientific names

Laurencia spectabilis

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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