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Seagrass Laver
Smithora naiadum
Authority:
(C.L. Anderson) Hollenberg
North Pacific Distribution:
Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, to Baja California, Mexico.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Compsopogonophyceae
Order:
Erythropeltidales
Family:
Erythrotrichiaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Description: Thalli are small, thin, roundish to elongate, purplish pink blades to 5 cm (2 in.) tall; they arise from cushion-like bases along the margins of seagrass blades. Habitat: This species is epiphytic on seagrasses in the low intertidal and upper subtidal. Similar taxa: Porphyra gardneri occurs along the margins of Laminaria blades.
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