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Odonthalia comosa

(Setchell & N.L.Gardner) G.W.Saunders & C.W.Schneider
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Rhodomelaceae

Odonthalia comosa

Rockweed brush

Authority
(Setchell & N.L.Gardner) G.W.Saunders & C.W.Schneider
Thallus is dark-brown to black, to ~ 20 cm (8 in) tall, with a cylindrical to slightly compressed main axis and numerous short branchlets clustered along the axis and on indeterminate branches.

Habitat

This taxon occurs on sloping mid intertidal bedrock, often forming a band, on semi-protected to exposed shores.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands to Point Conception, California; Russia

Former scientific names

Odonthalia floccosa f. comosa

Similar taxa

Odonthalia floccosa, Neorhodomela spp.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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