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Red Ribbon
Palmaria mollis
Authority:
(Setchell & N.L. Gardner) van der Meer & C.J. Bird
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to San Luis Obispo County, California; Russia.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Palmariales
Family:
Palmariaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Rhodymenia palmata f. mollis, Palmaria palmata f. mollis
Description: Thallus is crisp, somewhat dull, medium red to yellowish pink, reaching 30 cm (12 in) or taller. The blade is palmate, with irregular lobes and dichotomies, wedge-shaped at base, tapering to a discoidal holdfast. This species is edible and a good source of vitamins and minerals. Habitat: This species is biennial, with bladelets proliferating from the previous years’ stub; it occurs on rock in the mid to low intertidal and subtidal of semi-protected to semi-exposed habitats. Similar taxa:  Palmaria spp., Sparlingia pertusa.
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