Species

Egregia menziesii (Feather boa kelp)

Egregia menziesii. Photo: (c) pearlmaker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Egregia menziesii is a species of kelp known commonly as feather boa kelp. It is native to the coastline of western North America from Alaska to Baja California, where it is a common kelp of the intertidal zone. It is dark brown in color, shiny and bumpy in texture, and may reach over five meters long. It grows a branching stipe from a thick holdfast. It bears long, flat, straplike fronds lined with small blades each…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Chromista (Kelp, diatoms, and allies)
  - Phylum: Ochrophyta
    - Class: Phaeophyceae (Brown algae)
      - Subclass: Fucophycidae
        Order: Laminariales (Kelps)
        Family: Lessoniaceae
        Genus: Egregia
        Species: Egregia menziesii (Feather boa kelp)

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