Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Rhodophyceae
Order: Cryptonemiales
Family: Endocladiaceae
Endocladia muricata (Harvey) J. Agardh
Description: This plant is erect, 4-8 cm. tall, profusely and irregularly branched, usually growing in tufts, and dark red to blackish or greenish brown in colour. The branches are cylindrical, about 0.5 mm. in diameter and covered with minute conical spines about 0.5 mm. in length.
Habitat: On rocks in the upper intertidal zone.
Pacific Coast Distribution: Alaska to Mexico.
Robert Scagel, 1972
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E. muricata on rock substrate at Race Rocks |
E. muricata with Mastocarpus cristata |
E. muricata with a goose-neck barnacle |
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E. muricata with H. sacchion and hummocks of barnacles |
E. muricata showing banding while overlapping with F. distichus |
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