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Northern Stiff-Stiped Kelp
Hedophyllum dentigerum
Authority:
(Kjellman) Starko, S.C.Lindstrom & Martone
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to western Gulf of Alaska; Russia
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Phaeophyceae
Order:
Laminariales
Family:
Laminariaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Laminaria dentigera, Saccharina dentigera
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 (4 in) 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: Hedophyllum nigripes.
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