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Coarse Green Sea Hair
Chaetomorpha melagonium
Authority:
(F.Weber & Mohr) Kützing
North Pacific Distribution:
Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to northern Washington; Korea; Japan; Russia
Phylum:
Chlorophyta
Class:
Ulvophyceae
Order:
Cladophorales
Family:
Cladophoraceae
Former Scientific Names:
Conferva melagonium
Description:

Thallus is a erect, bright green, to 10-20 cm tall. The uniseriate thallus is composed of rectangular cells to 350 μm or more diameter, usually longer than broad., large enough to see with the naked eye. The thalli often grown in small clusters. Habitat: This species is found on rock, usually subtidally, in protected or semi-protected habitats.
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