Dead Man's Fingers

Codium fragile

Habitat and ranges 4

Found from mid intertidal to subtidal. Common but rarely abundant. Codium fragile has many subspecies. Codium fragile subspecies californicum is native and ranges from Sitka, Alaska to Bahia Asuncion, Baja California (MAC).

Morphology and identification 4

“Dead Man’s Fingers.” Spongy, tubular thalli, 10 – 30 cm long, Dark green to blackish-green, dichotomously branched. Often with Ceramium epiphytes. Spongy texture consists of intertwined siphons. Microscopically, utricles are unbranched and clavate (club shaped).

Fuentes y Créditos

  1. (c) intertidalecologist, todos los derechos reservados, subido por intertidalecologist
  2. (c) tsoleau, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/23535767@N04/5376997296
  3. (c) ampyles, todos los derechos reservados
  4. Adaptado por intertidalecologist de un trabajo de (c) ampyles, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)

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Common name Algae, Green 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