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Family Laminariaceae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Nereocystis luetkeana

Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 30 feet

 

BULL KELP

Abundant in nearshore waters, attached to hard surfaces including burrowing clams.  In extreme situations the singular stipe may attain a length of 118 feet.  Most common large kelp north of Central California to the Aleutian Islands.