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Mazzaella cornucopiae (Iridescent horn-of-plenty)
Copyright © 2007 Jan Holmes
This short - to about 4 cm (1.6 in) tall - red seaweed is most often found in exposed areas in the mid intertidal, often in tightly packed patches and often associated with Halosaccion and Leathesia. The blades, arising from a perennial holdfast, are deeply curled on the lower portion then flair out somewhat on the upper half into broad rounded lobes. Like Halosaccion, juveniles of M cornucopiae are often dark purple near the holdfast but are yellowish green on the upper half of the blades.
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page was created by Jan Holmes on 1/29/07.
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