Haplogloia andersonii

Anderson's gooey brown

Authority: (Farlow) Levring

Thallus is dark brown to light tan, soft and mucilaginous, with a hairy (rarely smooth) appearance due to the many long pigmented hairs, which together with the much shorter (5-9 cells long), pigmented assimilatory filaments arise from the large-celled colorless medulla. Branching is irregular to several orders.

Habitat

This species occurs in the mid to low intertidal on semi-protected shores along the outer coast.

North Pacific Distribution

Alaska Peninsula, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

Former scientific names

Mesogloia andersonii, Myriogloia andersonii

Similar taxa

Chordaria

References

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Last updated December 26, 2010