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Lessonia spicata
Species of algae
Lessonia spicata is a species of brown algae in the family Lessoniaceae. It is found on the rocky shores of the central and southern coasts of Chile. There it is commonly referred to as huiro negro.
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- Lessonia spicata (10.7717-peerj.7610) Figure 2B.png by Rosenfeld S, Mendez F, Calderon MS, Bahamonde F, Rodríguez JP, Ojeda J, Marambio J, Gorny M, Mansilla A. 2019. A new record of kelp Lessonia spicata (Suhr) Santelices in the Sub-Antarctic Channels: implications for the conservation of the “huiro negro” in the Chilean coast. PeerJ 7:e7610 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7610, CC BY 4.0
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