Ulva pouliotii

Pouliot’s sea hair

Authority: Golden & S.C.Lindstrom

Thallus is tubular, to ~10 cm (4 in) tall, initially so thin as to appear filamentous but becoming wider (to 1.5 cm) as the season progresses. Cells less than 20 μm on a side, rectangular in surface view, initially arranged in regular files but becoming disordered when older. Cells at base of thallus often lacking rhizoidal processes. Pyrenoids one per cell.

Habitat

This species occurs in high intertidal pools on granite and schist from early winter to late summer, depending on locality.

North Pacific Distribution

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

Similar taxa

Ulva intestinalis

References

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Last updated December 26, 2010

Ulva pouliotii

Habitat

North Pacific Distribution

Similar taxa

References

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Ulva pouliotii Pouliot’s sea hair