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Schizymenia pacifica

(Kylin) Kylin
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Nemastomatales
Family
Schizymeniaceae

Schizymenia pacifica

Slippery red blade

Authority
(Kylin) Kylin
Thallus is a slippery, brownish red-blade resembling tanned leather in texture. Blades are roundish, often lacerated, with short stipe and small discoidal holdfast. Narrow, elongate gland cells may be visible under a microscope.

Habitat

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

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico; Russia

Former scientific names

Turnerella pacifica

Similar taxa

Kallymeniopsis, Dilsea natashae

Last updated December 26, 2010

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