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bclarkston

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Abril 20, 2024 a las 06:55 PM PDT

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Drift specimen, reproductive (the little dots on the “crab claws” are mature and full of sperm and egg-producing structures).

Goose Spit, Comox

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bclarkston

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Abril 20, 2024 a las 06:51 PM PDT

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Drift specimen, attached to small pebble washed ashore.
Hollow, thick and fleshy, this seaweed tears easily and is more gooey (in my experience) than the similar-looking Colpomenia peregrina.

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bclarkston

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Abril 19, 2024 a las 05:07 PM PDT

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Drift specimen, very common.
Kye Bay Beach, Comox

Can be identified by the way it branches like a comb, with a series of four branches on one side of the main axis, then the branches switch to the other side of the axis. The first branch in the series of four is like a “thumb” (short, doesn’t itself branch so it looks like a little thumb).

The name in iNat is weird — this should be Plocamium pacificum. Plocamium cartilaginium is a separate species and there is no taxonomic entity called “Plocamium cartilaginium pacificum”.

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bclarkston

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Abril 19, 2024 a las 05:11 PM PDT

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Drift specimen, very common
Dark reddish brown, almost black
Irregular branching. Branches pinch in where they meet the main axis but the branches are not nearly as turgid and noodle-like as Sarcodiotheca (see last photo).

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bclarkston

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Abril 19, 2024 a las 05:32 PM PDT

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Drift specimen, very common.
Branches “pinch in” where they join the main axis, are quite thick and terete. Much more turgid and noodle-like compared to the similar red seaweed Sarcodiotheca (see last photo).

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angellashin

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Marzo 29, 2024 a las 03:11 PM PDT

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Specimen ID: B320 KD-AS-MT-8
A macroscopic, branched green filament that is not coenocytic, with hooked branches found south of Alaska.
Attached on rock.
Nearby species: red, green, brown algae; spread all across the beach
Tidal zone: low/mid intertidal
Very abundant
Reproductive: No

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angellashin

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Marzo 29, 2024 a las 03:15 PM PDT

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Specimen ID: B320 KD-AS-MT-5
A filamentously constructed, branching red alga not found in freshwater. This alga is terete, with branches neither in whorls nor dichotomously branched. It is not hollow, instead bearing an isodiametric medulla, lacks axiality and lacks a terminal pit connection. Visible reproductive structures not visible.
Attached on rock
Nearby species: red algae (blades), green algae (filamentous, ulva
Tidal zone: Mid/low intertidal
Time: 3:15 PM
Not very common
Reproductive: No

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bella_144

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:46 PM PDT

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specimen B320-TBS-1

Identifying features: Flattened, highly branched blades, with further branching also seen on the lateral branches; conspicuous midrib; fringed with pigmented hairs; and a narrow main axis
Growing on: Was found detached from substrate
Intertidal zone: Low intertidal
Time collected: March 30 2024, 3:46PM
Commonality: Rare
Nearby species: None, was found in the water near the shore
Life cycle Stage: Sporophyte

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jessica01

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:53 PM PDT

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B320-EH-JL-RA-WJ-11
Drift in water
Low intertidal
Collected at 3:53 PM
Rare
Nearby species: Ulva, Acrosiphonia, Saccharina latissima
Not reproductive
Features to help identify: Plant terete with narrowing at base of each branch, found subtidal

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Lechugas Marinas Y Parientes (Género Ulva)

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vl721

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 01:40 PM PDT

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B320-AH-VL-NE-8
-Drift
-Mid intertidal
-Abundant
-Acrosiphonia arcta, and Chondracanthus exasperatus are nearby species.
-Not Reproductive
-Features include: flat green blades, blades is two cell layers thick, macroscopic.

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svetazamaeva

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 02:54 PM PDT

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Specimen ID: B320 DN-CT-SZ-AD 10
Growing on: epilithic
tidal zone: mid intertidal
Time collected: 1500-1600
how common: rare
nearby spp:
specimen reproductive: non reproductive
Polysiphonia, non reproductive, pointed apical cells.

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alessliu

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 04:12 PM PDT

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Field ID: BIOL320 AC-RZ-AL-JY 3
Physical Description: Dark red. Branching is alternate and distichous.
Collection Date/Time: 4:12 PM (PST) - March 30, 2024
Location & attachment: Low intertidal. Drifting.
Surrounding Species: Ulva sp., Pyropia, sp., Chondracanthus exasperatus.

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alessliu

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 04:21 PM PDT

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Field ID: BIOL320 AC-RZ-AL-JY 12
Physical Description: Branching with very thin filamentous “arms” that grow in many different directions. This individual is a reproductive male evidenced by spermatangia and polysiphonious division visible under a microscope.
Collection Date/Time: 4:21 PM (PST) - March 30, 2024
Location & attachment: Drift.
Surrounding Species: Ulva sp.

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jayni

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:50 PM PDT

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Specimen field ID #: B320-JC-XY-SK-5
Growing on boulder
Low to mid intertidal zone
Time collected: 3:50pm
Some others
Nearby: Acrosiphonia, Ulva fenestrata
Cystocarps on female gametophyte
Identifying features: Whorled branching, gland cells terminal

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Ulva linza

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ryeung

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:46 PM PDT

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Habitat: Low intertidal, growing on rock
Abundance: Very Common
Nearby species: Pyropia sp., Acrosiphonia sp., Ulva fenestrata
Life history: unknown

Description:
Small, long, bright green blades growing in clusters. The thin blades are tubular at base and have ruffled edges.

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ryeung

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Marzo 31, 2024 a las 03:33 PM PDT

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Specimen field number: B320 RY-NW-HL 6

Habitat: Low intertidal, growing on rock
Abundance: Fairly common
Nearby species: Ulva fenestrata, Pyropia sp.
Life History: Currently reproductive, producing tetraspores

Description:
Single dark brown-red blade with bumpy surface comprising of papilla.

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 04:11 PM PDT

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Brown seaweed with a branching blade wider than 1cm with visible midrib.
Collected 2024/03/30 4:11 PM
Found in the low intertidal, drift
surrounding species: Acrosiphonia, Ulva, Pyropia. Single drift individual, probably washed up from lower height

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sagew

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:08 PM PDT

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Red alga (Phylum Rhodophyta, Class Florideophyceae), specimen B320-TBS-8
Identifying features: Red blade with noticeable criss-crossing veins. Veins join together as well as branch.
Growing on: Found washed up in the sand. Unsure what it was growing on.
Intertidal zone: Mid-high intertidal
Time collected: March 30 2024, 3:08PM
Commonality: Rare. We only found 1 specimen
Nearby species: None
Reproduction: Reproductive. Had tetrasporangia.

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geonho011026

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:50 PM PDT

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Collected at 3:50PM, this species was located at the waterline at the mid intertidal zone loosely situated on top of a rock. Ulva and other abundance of green algae were found nearby. There are whorled branching patterns with each whorl consisting of three to four (sometimes two) determinate branches of unequal length. Gland cells are also found at the terminal of the cells of the determinate branches. It was the only Hollenbergia subulata present in this area, appearing to be scarce. Reproductive structures, tetraspores, are found on the branches of this species.

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meereekwak

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 04:17 PM PDT

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Specimen field ID #: B320 AL-MK-TL-WD 12
Growing on: Rock
Tidal zone: Upper intertidal
Time collected: 4:08
How common?: Common
Nearby species?: None
Specimen reproductive?: No
Which features help identify this to genus and/or species?: Thin and translucent blade, no pit plugs, parenchymatous, one cell layer

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meereekwak

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:37 PM PDT

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Specimen field ID #: B320 AL-MK-TL-WD 6
Growing on: Drift
Tidal zone: Low intertidal
Time collected: 3:37
How common?: Not common
Nearby species?: Other brown alga
Specimen reproductive?: No
Which features help identify this to genus and/or species?: Opposite branching, doesn't lie flat, cylindrical

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katezag

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Marzo 31, 2024 a las 04:41 PM PDT

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Specimen field ID #: BIOL 320 JF-LQ-KZ
Growing on: Rock
Tidal zone: Middle intertidal zone
Time collected: 16:41
How common: Only one found in the area
Nearby Species: Ulva, Acrosiphonia and Cryptosiphonia
Specimen Reproductive?: No evidence
What features help identify this to genus and or specimen?: Translucent gland cells are subterminal on whorl branches, three to four determinate branches

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wilfredj

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Marzo 30, 2024

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B320-EH-JL-RA-WJ 8

Found as drift in water at low tide (3:41pm).

Not common. Wildemania amplissima and Saccharina latissima growing nearby.

No signs of reproduction.

Branching generally opposite, lower axes cylindrical.

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wilfredj

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 04:15 PM PDT

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B320-EH-JL-RA-WJ 15

Found in water at low tide (4:15).

Not common.

Saccarina latissima found nearby.

No evidence of reproduction.

Branching opposite, several orders of narrow lingulate branches.

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becca_2b

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Marzo 31, 2024 a las 03:00 PM PDT

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Specimen Field ID: B320-RH-SD-2
Growing on rock.
Mid intertidal zone.
Collected at 3 pm.
Common.
Reproductive tetrasporangia present. (Dark spheres seen in second photo)
Identifiable by the terminal gland cells observed on the determinate branches.

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justin_achan

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:57 PM PDT

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Specimen field ID #: B320-JC-AS-GL-VP-6
Growing on: Drift, found at shore line
Tidal zone: Mid-intertidal, found at water-line adrift
Time collected: March 30, 4:22 pm
How common: Uncommon
Nearby species: Ulva spp. (common), Petalonia spp. (common), Pyropia spp. (common),
Reproductive structures: Cystocarps present
Features used to identify: Cystocarps present ornamented with a spine and are evenly distributed throughout the blade, leathery texture, one or two cystocarps per papilla (primarily one)

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Marzo 30, 2024 a las 03:25 PM PDT

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Field ID: B320JF-LQ-KZ-8
Growing on: A boulder
Tidal zone: Mid to lower intertidal
Time collected: March 30th at 3:35pm from Stanley Park, B.C.
Abundance: Very abundant
Nearby species: Fucus distichus, oysters, barnacles, Pyropia, Ulva
Specimen reproductive: no evidence of reproduction
Distinguishing characteristics: Dense, tufted plant (photos 4 and 5). Branchlets are not curved or hooked (photos 1, 2, 3). Final photo is a dried specimen.

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Marzo 31, 2024 a las 05:26 PM PDT

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Field ID: B320-JF-LQ-KZ-2
Growing on: Firmly attached to boulder
Tidal zone: Mid intertidal zone
Time collected: 5:36pm on Sunday, March 31st from Stanley Park, B.C.
How common: Common, quite a few patches found
Nearby species: Ulva, acrosiphonia, pyropia, barnacles
Specimen reproductive: no evidence of reproduction
Distinguishing features: Plant erect. Plant pyramidal in shape (photos 1 and 2), branch lengths decrease uniformly from base to apex. Final photo is a dried specimen.

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wilfredj

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Abril 13, 2024 a las 04:07 PM PDT

Descripción

Found as drift at low tide at approx. 4:00pm.

Credit to Bridgette Clarkston for microscopy images showing tetrasporangia.

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erika0010

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Marzo 26, 2023 a las 11:46 AM PDT

Descripción

Low intertidal, on rock. Quite reproductive. Note filamentous growth.