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C. exasperatus found at Rueben Tarte on San Juan Island, WA

  

Taxonomy

Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Gigartinaceae
Genus/species: Chondracanthus exasperatus (Harvey and Bailey )J.R. Hughey

Type locality: opposite Fort Nisqually, Puget Sound [Washington, USA]

Type: TCD

References:

Algaebase.org http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=4937