Pyropia unabbottiae
False black seaweed
- Authority
- S.C.Lindstrom
Habitat
Usually occurring in the lower mid intertidal on bedrock and boulders in areas subjected to some oceanic swell in spring and early summer; it has also been found growing epiphytically on Fucus.
North Pacific Distribution
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to southern British Columbia
Similar taxa
The species is difficult to distinguish from Pyropia abbottiae; it is slightly softer and can occur epiphytically, which has never been reported for P. abbottiae.
References
Last updated December 26, 2010