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Fuscifolium tasa

(Yendo) S.C.Lindstrom
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Bangiophyceae
Order
Bangiales
Family
Bangiaceae

Fuscifolium tasa

Western dark laver

Authority
(Yendo) S.C.Lindstrom
Thallus is a dark brown blade, two cell layers thick, nearly circular to irregular in outline, reaching 60 cm (27 in) in diameter. Male and female reproductive cells are on separate thalli or on different lobes of the same thallus.

Habitat

This species is an annual; it occurs in the mid to low intertidal of semi-protected to exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands, Alaska; Russia

Former scientific names

Porphyra tasa

Similar taxa

Wildmania norrisii is olive green and occurs on mid to high intertidal rock.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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