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Corallina vancouveriensis

Yendo
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Corallinales
Family
Corallinaceae

Corallina vancouveriensis

Graceful coral seaweed

Authority
Yendo
Thallus is calcareous, articulated, light pink to light purple, forming dense tufts to 6 or more cm (2.4 in) tall from a basal crust. Branching is pinnate to verticillate, and dense. Axial segments are 1 mm (0.04 in) long and more or less cylindrical. Reproductive conceptacles are located at tips of branches but are rare.

Habitat

This species forms dense mats on emergent bedrock or in tide pools in the mid to low intertidal zones of exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands, Alaska to central California

Former scientific names

Corallina densa, Corallina officinalis f. multiramosa

Similar taxa

Bossiella frondescens, Corallina spp.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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