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Stringy Chocolate Pencils
Chordaria chordaeformis
Authority:
(Kjellman) H.Kawai & S.-H.Kim
North Pacific Distribution:
Northern Bering Sea, possibly Cook Inlet, Alaska; Japan; Russia
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Phaeophyceae
Order:
Ectocarpales
Family:
Chordariaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Chordaria flagelliformis f. chordaeformis
Description: Thalli are light to dark brown, unbranched or very sparingly branched (at an acute angle) to a single order, to 30 cm (12 in) or taller. Habitat:Habitat: Found on rock in the low intertidal or upper subtidal. Similar taxa: This species is less branched than Chordaria flagelliformis.
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