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Callophyllis spp.

Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Kallymeniaceae

Callophyllis spp.

Red Sea fan

Thallus is red, flattened, fan-shaped, more or less dichotomously branched, with branch segments narrow or wide and short or long (depending on species).

Habitat

Species are subtidal (rarely low intertidal); some occur on rock, others are epiphytic or even epizoic. Most appear to be perennial.

North Pacific Distribution

Throughout the area (except the Arctic Ocean).

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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