Pleonosporium vancouverianum

Alternate skein

Authority: (J.Agardh) Setchell & N.L.Gardner

Thallus is a diminutive, uniseriate filament, alternately branched to several orders and less than 2 cm (1 in) tall. This species produces polysporangia rather than tetrasporangia.

Habitat

This species is an annual and grows on rock, other algae, and on animals in the low intertidal to subtidal of semi-protected to semi-exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Prince William Sound, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.

Former scientific names

Callithamnion vancouverianum, Pleonosporium abysicola

Similar taxa

Antithamnion defectum, Pterothamnion spp.

References

AlgaeBase (opens in a new tab)

Last updated December 26, 2010