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Northern Stiff-Stiped Kelp
Saccharina dentigera
Authority:
Kjellman
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to western Gulf of Alaska; Russia.
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Phaeophyceae
Order:
Laminariales
Family:
Laminariaceae
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Description: Thallus is dark brown, thick, reaching 1.5 m (5 ft) tall. The holdfast is branched, the stipe somewhat rigid, and the blade often split down to 10 cm above its base. Mucilage ducts occur near the surface of stipe. Habitat: This perennial is found on rock in the very low intertidal to shallow subtidal. Similar taxa: Saccharina subsimplex
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