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Laminaria yezoensis

Miyabe
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Laminariales
Family
Laminariaceae

Laminaria yezoensis

Suction-cup kelp

Authority
Miyabe
Thallus is medium to dark brown with a large disc- or suction-cup-like holdfast, a somewhat rigid stipe up to nearly 1 m (37 in) long although it is often shorter, and a thick blade that can be nearly as wide as long. The blade is usually split and has mucilage ducts, which are visible microscopically.

Habitat

This perennial kelp is found on rock in the extreme low intertidal to subtidal zones from semi-protected to exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to Johnstone Strait, British Columbia; Japan; Russia

Former scientific names

Laminaria palmiformis, Laminaria personata

Similar taxa

Laminaria solidungula, Hedophyllum spp.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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