Southern sea palm
Eisenia arborea
Summary 2
Eisenia arborea, or the southern sea palm (not to be confused with the sea palm), is a dominant species of kelp that is found in the Northern and Eastern Pacific from Vancouver Island, Canada south to Isla Magdalena, Mexico, and along the coast of Baja California. They are commonly found from the midtidal areas stretching to the subtidal areas. It is an edible seaweed, a source of nutrients for grazing marine invertebrates and a source of...
Habitat and range 3
Eisenia arborea (common names: southern sea palm and double pom pom kelp) inhabits the low intertidal to subtidal zones (10m) ranging from British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico but is more abundant in southern California and Baja.
Morphology and identification 4
E. arborea is a golden colored kelp with a hapterous hold fast and a thick cylindrical (sometimes hallow) stipe. The end of the stipe flattens and becomes bifurcated (splits into a "Y" shape) and bears multiple blades a each tip of the "Y." Mature blades have longitudinal grooves and toothed margins. This kelp has no pneumatocysts and is easily distinguished from other species by the bifurcated stipe. Blades of juvenile individuals are smoother than mature blades.
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Susan J. Hewitt, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Susan J. Hewitt
- Adaptado por Cody Dawson de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenia_arborea
- (c) kelpsquad, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/597601
- (c) intertidalecologist, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/597601
