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Hommersandia maximicarpa

G.I.Hansen & S.C.Lindstrom
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Kallymeniaceae

Hommersandia maximicarpa

Hommersand's seaweed

Authority
G.I.Hansen & S.C.Lindstrom
Thallus is a deep red, often with marginal bladelets, tapering to a short stipe and small, discoidal holdfast. Thallus can reach 23 cm (9 in) tall and 35 cm (14 in) wide but is usually < 10 cm (4 in).

Habitat

This perennial grows on rock, shell, other algae, and debris in the subtidal of protected to exposed habitats.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands, Alaska to Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Similar taxa

Callophyllis

References

Last updated December 26, 2010

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