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Description
These red algal blades grow only on the stipe of bull kelp, Nereocystis. They are specialists in another way too: they are gametophytes--they produce eggs and sperm. The spore-producing phase grows only on empty mollusc shells.
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Porphyra nereocystis
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© 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Location Created: Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
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- 2011-08-04 15:55:37 UTC
