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Euthora cristata

(C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Kallymeniaceae

Euthora cristata

Delicate northern sea fan

Authority
(C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Thallus is rose-red, branched, reaching 12 cm (5 in) tall but usually shorter. The main axis is 5 mm (0.2 in) or less wide, and the highly-branched branches become narrower toward their tips.

Habitat

This species grows on a variety of hosts (rock, other algae, animals) in the low intertidal and subtidal of semi-protected to exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska to northern Washington; Japan; Russia

Former scientific names

Sphaerococcus cristatus, Callophyllis cristata, Euthora fruticulosa

Similar taxa

Callophyllis spp., Pantoneura juergensii

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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