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Coarse Spongy Cushion
Codium ritteri
Authority:
Setchell & N.L.Gardner
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to northern British Columbia; Russia
Phylum:
Chlorophyta
Class:
Ulvophyceae
Order:
Bryopsidales
Family:
Codiaceae
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Description: Thallus is coarse, green spongy cushions up to 4 cm (1.5 in) tall and 10 cm (4 in) in diameter. The minute dots visible to the naked eye on the surface of the cushions are the tips of swollen filaments, a distinction from Codium setchellii.  Habitat:  This species is found in semi-exposed to semi-protected areas on bedrock or large boulders in the low intertidal and subtidal to depths of 24 m (79 ft). Similar taxa:  Codium setchellii..
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