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Seaweed - Brown, Margin (M. urvilliana)

Marginariella urvilliana

Algae

Ochrophyta

Phaeophyceae

Seirococcaceae

Rocky Shore Intertidal
Rocky Shore Intertidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal

Feeding:
Producer
Producer
Distribution:
New Zealand
New Zealand
Edibility:
Edible
Edible
Size:
Outstretched Arm Sized
Outstretched Arm Sized



More than 2 m long with "stems" bearing long, alternate, flat lateral branches to 6 cm broad, serrated to almost entire. Conical holdfast with interwoven, branched haptera (root like structures). Elongated floats and has long fingerlike reproductive structures.


Low intertidal to subtidal rocky shore.


Uses suns energy for photosynthesis.