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Mermaid's Tresses

Chorda filum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,177, February 1,608, March 2,519, April 3,963, May 5,714, June 6,231, July 6,667, August 5,734, September 4,210, October 3,142, November 1,717, December 1,342.
United States45,504
Alaska45,023
Canada1,091
Newfoundland and Labrador680
Massachusetts223
Nova Scotia214
Quebec139
Maine83
New York70
United Kingdom54

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Classification

Kingdomkelp, diatoms, and allies · Chromista
PhylumOchrophyta
Classbrown algae · Phaeophyceae
OrderChordales
FamilyChordaceae
GenusChorda

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