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Mazzaella parvula

(Kjellmann) P.W.Gabrielson, S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Hammersand
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Gigartinaceae

Mazzaella parvula

Small northern mazza weed

Authority
(Kjellmann) P.W.Gabrielson, S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Hammersand
Thallus is a dark reddish-purple to reddish-brown blade, to 10 cm (4 in) tall although usually smaller, slightly rubbery, simple or more often lobed or cleft, sometimes with large cystocarps.

Habitat

Mid to low intertidal rock on moderately exposed to protected shores.

North Pacific Distribution

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to southern British Columbia; Russia

Former scientific names

Iridaea laminarioides f. parvula, Iridaea parvula, Iridophycus parvulus, Mazzaella macrocarpa

Similar taxa

Mazzaella oregona, M. parksii, and M. phyllocarpa share the same morphology but differ primarily in habitat and distribution.

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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