Stalked kelp
Pterygophora californica
Geographical Range and Habitat 4
Found in subtidal (7-20m in depth) from British Columbia to Baja (MAC). Rare in low intertidal.
Important understory kelp species in kelp forests.
Identification and morphology 4
Thalli reaching 2.3 m. Stipe is cylindrical at the base, flattened near upper portion, and unbranched (up to 1.5 m). The stipe is a woody texture, holdfast is short and hapterous. One blade arises from the tip of the stipe and the rest of the blades arise from the sides of the stipe.
Fuentes y Créditos
- (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), subido por Ken-ichi Ueda
- (c) kelpsquad, todos los derechos reservados
- (c) Alison Young, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Alison Young
- Adaptado por intertidalecologist de un trabajo de (c) kelpsquad, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
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| Common name | Algae, Brown Algae |
|---|---|
| Region | Alaska to British Columbia, Channel Islands North, Channel Islands South, Government Point to Mexico, San Francisco to Government Point, WA Olympic Coast to San Francisco |
