Rhodomela larix surrounding two species of barnacles and the Red Algae Halosaccion sp.

Classification:
Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Rhodophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Rhodmelaceae
Rhodomela larix (Turner) C. Agardh

Many Rhodophytes are represented in this photo, including Rhodomela larix

Description: This plant is erect, up to 30 cm. high, brownish black in colour, in clusters, attached to the substrate by a discoid holdfast. The plant is branched, usually with one or more major cylindrical axes. The major axes have a profusion of radially arranged cylindrical branchlets, all approximately the same length and unbranched. At the apices of the branches, evanescent trichoblasts are apparent.

Habitat: On rocks in the intertidal zone.
Pacific Coast Distribution: Bering Sea to California
Robert Scagel, 1972

Other Rhodophytes or Red 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.  Ryan Murphy