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Palmaria callophylloides Hawkes et Scagel 1986a
frilly red ribboon
Palmariaceae

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Distribution of Palmaria callophylloides
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Species Information

Family Description:
Members of this family are simple, bifurcate, dichotomously branched, or proliferous blades or sacs. The medulla is composed of large, globose cells (no filaments). Reproduction is as described for the order.

Species description:
Frilly Red Ribbon is much more highly branched than the other two species of Palmaria covered here. Its regularly dichotomous blades remind one immediately of a species of Callophyllis, hence the specific epithet (callophylloides means "like Callophyllis").

Frilly Red Ribbon often grows with Ribbon Kelp (Alaria marginata), and is one of our most attractive algae.

Source: North Pacific Seaweeds

Habitat / Range

Bathymetry: mid to low intertidal
World Distribution: Shemya Island (Aleutian Islands), Alaska, to northern British Columbia

Source: North Pacific Seaweeds

Status Information

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Unlisted	Unlisted	Unlisted	Unlisted

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Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
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Related Databases

AlgaeBase
DeCew's Guide to the Seaweeds
Seaweeds of Alaska

General References

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North Pacific Seaweeds Bibliography

Source: North Pacific Seaweeds

Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-07-27 11:25:14 AM ]

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