Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA
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Opuntiella californica (Farlow) Kylin, 1925
Thallus is dark red in colour, thick, reaching 20 cm tall and 30 cm wide:
The central blade bearing numerous additional blades from its margin, repeated to several orders (similar to Prickly Pear Cactus), with distinct stipe and fleshy discoidal holdfast.
This red algae can be found on rock in the low intertidal and subtidal to 20 m of semi-protected to exposed habitats.
Similar taxa: Turnerella
Synonymised names:
Cruoria profunda E.Y.Dawson, 1961
Kallymenia californica Farlow, 1877
Thallus is dark red in colour, thick, reaching 20 cm tall and 30 cm wide:
The central blade bearing numerous additional blades from its margin, repeated to several orders (similar to Prickly Pear Cactus), with distinct stipe and fleshy discoidal holdfast.
This red algae can be found on rock in the low intertidal and subtidal to 20 m of semi-protected to exposed habitats.
Similar taxa: Turnerella
Synonymised names:
Cruoria profunda E.Y.Dawson, 1961
Kallymenia californica Farlow, 1877
