Species:

Pseudoralfsia verrucosa (Areschoug) Parente, Fletcher & G. W. Saunders

Fjøreskorpe in Norwegian Nynorsk
Fjæreskorpe in Norwegian Bokmål

Classification

The species Pseudoralfsia verrucosa belongs to:

Division:: Ochrophyta (Brown algae, Brown seaweeds)
Class:: Phaeophyceae
Order:: Ralfsiales
Family:: Ralfsiaceae
Genus:: Ralfsia

Photos

Photos of Pseudoralfsia verrucosa (2):

1 of 2: Habit

Photo of Pseudoralfsia verrucosa — A crust-forming species, common in rock pools Photo: © Kjersti Sjøtun Terms of use

Species: Pseudoralfsia verrucosa
Verified by: Bergen Seaweed Group
Sampling location: Golten, Sotra, Hordaland
Sampling date: 2007-06-10
Published: 2008-03-04
Photo is showing (categorized)
: Habit

Note: The species is common in the intertidal zone, and can be very abundant in shallow rock pools in the upper intertidal. It forms crusts with a rounded and light brown edge.

2 of 2: Close-up of crusts in a rock pool

Species: Pseudoralfsia verrucosa
Verified by: Network members
Sampling location: Tjeldstø, Øygarden, Hordaland
Sampling date: 2009-06-08
Published: 2010-02-26
Photo is showing (categorized)
: Thallus

Closest relatives

Other species in the same genus (Ralfsia):

Ralfsia pusilla (Strömfelt) Foslie