Description: This common red alga is especially noticeable on the surfaces of smooth boulders. It grows as thin filaments of a rusty, purplish brown, or blackish colour.
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- B. fuscopurpurea showing the characteristic “combover” appearance
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- B. fuscopurpurea lain across intertidal rocks
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- B. fuscopurpurea on acorn barnacles
As the tide ebbs, the filaments spread out over the rock in a way reminiscent of a few hairs artfully plastered down on a nearly bald head.
Habitat: On rocks in the upper and middle intertidal zones.
Pacific Coast Distribution: Alaska to California.
…..Eugene Kozloff, 1996
Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Bangiophycidae
Order: Bangiales
Family: Bangiaceae
Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillw.) Lyngbye
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