Species

Pterygophora californica (Stalked kelp)

Pterygophora californica. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Pterygophora californica is a large species of kelp, commonly known as stalked kelp. It is the only species in its genus Pterygophora (Ruprecht, 1852). It grows in shallow water on the Pacific coast of North America where it forms part of a biodiverse community in a “kelp forest”.

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