Sphaerotrichia divaricata

Firm seagrass epiphyte

Authority: (C.Agardh) Kylin

Thallus is light to medium brown, to 30 cm (12 in) tall although usually much shorter, irregularly branched to several orders, moderately firm due to short (< 5 cells long) assimilatory filaments, which terminate in enlarged cells 3-5 times the size of subtending cell.

Habitat

Can be found in the low intertidal to upper subtidal, often epiphytic on Zostera marina, in protected habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Alaska Peninsula, Alaska to southern British Columbia; China, Korea, Japan, Russia.

Former scientific names

Chordaria divaricata, Chordaria disessa, Sphaerotrichia disessa

Similar taxa

Eudesme borealis

References

AlgaeBase (opens in a new tab)

Last updated December 26, 2010