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Stringy Acid Kelp

Phylum: CHROMOPHYCOTA
Kindom: Plantae
Size: length of body or more 150 cm plus
Sightings: 3

Description: This brown marine algae grows solitary to 2 m long. It is densely branched. The branches are terete and grow from a bulbous holdfast. The main axis is distinct and grows is 1 mm wide, the final branches fine and hair-like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmarestia_viridis

NBN atlas Link

2009-10-03

Stringy Acid Kelp 1992-07-22

Stringy Acid Kelp 2002-08-23