Leathesia difformis photos by Ryan Murphy
Leathesia difformis with barnacles: photos by Ryan Murphy
| Leathesia is a brown kelp. It is found around the Race Rocks region. It is a small brown alga that is usually found in the form of small hollow irregular balls, it is called Sea Cauliflower because it looks like cauliflower due to the invaginations on the suface of the hollow irregular balls.Description: This plant is spherical and solid when young, becoming irregularly convoluted, hollow and broadly expanded at maturity; it is spongy in texture, up to 12 cm. in diameter and yellowish brown in colour.Classification: Domain Eukarya Kingdom: Protochtista Division Phaeaophyta Class Phaeophyceae Order Chordariales Family Chorynoplaeaceae Genus Leathesia |
Other Phaeophytes or Brown Algae at Race Rocks
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 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams. —–——- PC yr 31 |