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Ceramothamnion pacificum

(Collins) M.J.Wynne & C.W.Schneider
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Ceramiaceae

Ceramothamnion pacificum

Staghorn felt

Authority
(Collins) M.J.Wynne & C.W.Schneider
Thallus is red, delicate, to 15 cm (6 in) tall, dichotomously or irregularly branched, with paired branch tips forcipate or spreading. Short proliferous branches are often present along the main axis. Small cells cover the large central axial cell, causing alternate light and dark bands when the thallus is held up to the light.

Habitat

This species grows primarily in the low intertidal on rock or as an epiphyte in protected to semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Alaska Peninsula, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

Former scientific names

Ceramium pacificum, Ceramium rubrum var. pacificum, Ceramium washingtoniense, Stirkia pacifica

Similar taxa

Herpochondria borealis

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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