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Wildemania variegata

(Kjellman) De Toni
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Bangiophyceae
Order
Bangiales
Family
Bangiaceae

Wildemania variegata

Kjellman's laver

Authority
(Kjellman) De Toni
Thallus is a dusky to pale red, distromatic, wedge-shaped blade that can reach over a meter (39 in) in length although it is usually much smaller. Male and female reproductive cells occur on separate sectors of the blade, which is often somewhat slippery.

Habitat

This species occurs on rock or other algae in the low intertidal to subtidal of semi-exposed to exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to Southeast Alaska; Japan; Russia

Former scientific names

Diploderma variegatum, Porphyra variegata

Similar taxa

Kallymeniopsis

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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