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chain-bladder kelp
Stephanocystis osmundacea
Stephanocystis osmundacea
chain-bladder kelp brown macroalgae
Stephanocystis osmundacea Fucaceae
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common name
  chain-bladder kelp
accepted scientific name
  •Stephanocystis osmundacea (Turner) Trevisan
rules for finding collection records
  Cystoseira osmundacea (227)
  Stephanocystis osmundacea (1071)
family name
  • Fucaceae
Image Author: ©1986 Lovell And Libby Langstroth, California Academy of Sciences
Image License: With Permission
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Category: Seaweed
Seaweed Category: Brown Algae
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Plant Showiness (27%)
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