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Pyropia leucosticta (Thuret) Neefus & J.Brodie

Formerly known as Porphyra leucosticta Thuret
Description: Delicate, membranous, monostromatic reddish-brown fronds, becoming pink and shiny upon drying; to 150 mm long (occasionally to 1 m), with a very short stipe from basal holdfast.
Habitat: Usually epiphytic on larger algae, particularly Fucus serratus, mid-intetidal to shallow subtidal, spring to autumn, widely distributed, common.

Porphyra leucosticta


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