Acrosiphonia sp.

Sea moss

This species looks like a moss on the beach. The thallus often forms a dense, spongy mat composed of sparsely branched filaments with pale rhizoids. Cells are mostly less than 100 μm diameter and 2-2.5 times as long as broad.

Habitat

This species is found on rock in or near sand of the low intertidal in protected to semi-exposed habitats in spring and early summer.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to central coast of British Columbia.

Similar taxa

Acrosiphonia spp.

References

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Last updated December 26, 2010

Acrosiphonia sp.

Habitat

North Pacific Distribution

Similar taxa

References

Photos

Acrosiphonia sp. Sea moss