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Black Pine Seaweed (Neorhodomela larix)Observer
james11Description
Clusters of long, dark brown strands with little roundish looking clusters (thallus?) at intervals along the stem (stipe?), growing in thick wide mats on rocks of intertidal zones 2 and 3, from low tide level of 0.48 to high tide level of 4.63. More dense than Endocladia at this location. May be a variety of Neorhodomela, but quite different from larix (Black Pine Rockweed).
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Bleached Brunette (Cryptosiphonia woodii)Observer
james11Description
Clusters of long, dark brown strands like a whisk-broom growing in thick wide mats on rocks of intertidal zones 2 and 3, from low tide level of 0.48 to high tide level of 4.63. More dense than Endocladia at this location. May be a variety of Neorhodomela, but quite different from larix (Black Pine Rockweed). Closest thing I can find for this is:
Neorhodomela oregona (?) at
http://www.seaweedsofalaska.com/species.asp?SeaweedID=96
Photos / Sounds
What
Black Pine Seaweed (Neorhodomela larix)Observer
james11Description
Variety of rockweed (not Endocladia, not Sylvetia, not Fucus, not Hesperophycus or any other variety of rockweed shown in online photo archives).
Dark brown smooth thallus 10-15cm (4-6in) long with numerous spike-shaped blades .6-1.2cm (.25-.50in) long the entire length of the thallus. Grows in large colonies, overgrowing large areas of rock area.
Found at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve covering many square meters of shelf surface in Zone 2-3, but not specifically identified to genus and species in FMR related exhibits.
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Mossy Chiton (Mopalia muscosa)Observer
james11Description
Description:
Oval chiton 6cm (2.5 inches) long with eight whitish valves and a fuzzy brown girdle with prominent spines (setae; zoom into the photo) that covers only a small portion of the valves.
Habitat:
Exposed in intertidal Zone 2 under rocky ledge at low tide together with agg. anemones and turban snails (one atop the chiton).
Notes:
Chitons having so many species and such a variety of appearance, this specimen is submitted for validation. Source for ID: Polyplacophora (Ee_Clark_Draeger_Light_Smith_07) at http://biology.fullerton.edu/deernisse/p....
