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Chondracanthus exasperatus

(Harvey & Bailey) Hughey
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Gigartinaceae

Chondracanthus exasperatus

Turkish towel

Authority
(Harvey & Bailey) Hughey
Thallus is a thick (somewhat rubbery), elongate, entire or divided purplish to pale red blade, reaching 30 cm (12 in) tall, with short, spiny papillae covering the blade surface. Blades arise as elongate papillae-like projections from a discoidal holdfast up to 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter.

Habitat

This perennial grows on rock in the low intertidal and upper subtidal of semi-protected to semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Sitka Sound, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

Former scientific names

Gigartina exasperata, Mammillaria exasperata

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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