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Smithora naiadum

(C.L.Anderson) Hollenberg
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Compsopogonophyceae
Order
Erythropeltidales
Family
Erythrotrichiaceae

Smithora naiadum

Seagrass laver

Authority
(C.L.Anderson) Hollenberg
Thalli are small, thin, roundish to elongate, purplish-pink blades to 5 cm (2 in.) tall; they arise from cushion-like bases along the margins of seagrass blades.

Habitat

This species is epiphytic on seagrasses in the low intertidal and upper subtidal.

North Pacific Distribution

Alaska Peninsula, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

Former scientific names

Porphyra naiadum, Membranella nitens

Similar taxa

Pyropia gardneri (or Porphyrella gardneri) occurs along the margins of kelp blades.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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