Kelp Forest Ecology
Common Subtidal Algae of Central California
- Division Phaeophyta
- Cystoseira osmundacea (chain
bladder kelp)
- Dictyoneuropsis reticulata (with
rib)
- Dictyoneurum californicum (without rib)
- Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp)
- Nereocystis luetkeana (bull kelp)
- Laminaria setchellii
- Pterygophora californica
- Eisenia arborea
- Egregia menziesii
- Desmarestia ligulata var.
ligulata
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- Division Rhodophyta
- Botryocladia pseudodichotoma
(sea grapes)
- Cryptopleura farlowianum
- Gelidium spp.
- Gigartina corymbifera (Turkish
towel)
- Plocamium cartilaginium
- Prionitis lanceolata
- Rhodymenia spp.
- Erect, geniculate corallines
- Bossiella californica schmittii
ssp. schmittii
- Calliarthron spp.
- Corallina sp.
- Encrusting, non-geniculate corralines
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