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Suction-cup Kelp
Laminaria yezoensis
Authority:
Miyabe
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to Johnstone Strait, British Columbia; Japan; Russia.
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Phaeophyceae
Order:
Laminariales
Family:
Laminariaceae
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Description: Thallus is medium to dark brown with a large disc- or suction-cup-like holdfast, a somewhat rigid stipe up to nearly 1 m (37 in) long although it is often shorter, and a thick blade that can be nearly as wide as long. The blade is usually split and has mucilage ducts, which are visible microscopically. Habitat: This perennial kelp is found on rock in the extreme low intertidal to subtidal zones from semi-protected to exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Laminaria solidungula, Saccharina spp.
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