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{{Short description|Species of alga}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Black pine<br/>''Neorhodomela larix''
| image = Black pine, Neorhodomela larix.jpg
| image_caption =  ''Neorhodomela larix'' with ''[[Biology:Analipus japonicus|Analipus japonicus]]'', Cambria, California
| genus = Neorhodomela
| species = larix
| authority = (Turner) Masuda 1982
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms =
*''[[Biology:Fucus|Fucus]] larix''<small> Turner 1819</small>
*''Rhodomela larix''<small> (Turner) [[Biography:Carl Adolph Agardh|C.Agardh]] 1822</small>
*''Lophura larix''<small> (Turner) Kützing 1849</small>
*''Fuscaria larix''<small> (Turner) Ruprecht 1850</small>
}}

'''''Neorhodomela larix''''', commonly known as '''black pine''', is a species of [[Biology:Red algae|red algae]] native to coastal areas of the North Pacific, from Mexico to the Bering Sea to {{wipe|Japan}}. It forms dense mats on semi-exposed rocks in intertidal areas. The [[Biology:Thallus|thallus]] is dark brown to black in color with whorled branches resembling a bottlebrush.<ref name="W1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.seaweedsofalaska.com/species.asp?SeaweedID=95
|title=''Neorhodomela larix''
|publisher=Seaweeds of Alaska, RCAC
|accessdate=February 6, 2012
}}</ref><ref name="W2">{{cite web
|url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=5012
|title=''Neorhodomela larix'' (Turner) Masuda
|author=M.D. Guiry
|publisher=AlgaeBase
|accessdate=February 6, 2012
}}</ref>

==Ecology==
The brown alga ''[[Biology:Soranthera ulvoidea|Soranthera ulvoidea]]'' is commonly found as an [[Earth:Epiphyte|epiphyte]] on ''Neorhodomela'' species,<ref name="Holmeson">{{cite web|last1=Holmeson|first1=Jan|title=''Soranthera ulvoides'' (Studded sea balloon)|url=https://soundwaterstewards.org/ezidweb/seaweeds/Soranthera.htm|website=Sound Water Stewards|publisher=Periwinkle Press|accessdate=5 May 2018|location=Oak Harbor, WA|language=English|date=19 December 2006}}</ref><ref name="SoA">{{cite web|last1=Lindeberg|first1=Mandy|last2=Lindstrom|first2=Sandra|title=Studded Sea Balloons ''Soranthera ulvoidea''|url=http://www.seaweedsofalaska.com/species.asp?SeaweedID=54|website=Seaweeds of Alaska|accessdate=5 May 2018|language=English}}</ref><ref name="瀬川">{{cite book|last1=瀬川 (Segawa)|first1=宗吉 (Sōkichi)|title=原色日本海藻図鑑|date=1959|publisher=保育社 (Hoikusha)|location=Osaka|edition=Revised|language=Japanese|oclc=644753401|trans-title=Coloured illustrations of the seaweeds of Japan|volume=18|series=保育社の原色図鑑 (Hoikusha no genshoku zukan)}}</ref><ref name=Abbott>{{cite book|last1=Abbott|first1=Isabella Aiona|last2=Hollenberg|first2=George J|title=Marine Algae of California|date=1976|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Redwood City, CA|isbn=9780804721523|language=English|oclc=693770114}}</ref><ref name="MAPCNA">{{cite book|last1=Setchell|first1=William Albert|last2=Gardner|first2=Nathaniel Lyon|title=The Marine Algae of the Pacific Coast of North America|date=26 June 1925|publisher=University of California|location=Berkeley, CA|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4712878|accessdate=9 May 2018|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.5719|language=English|format=PDF|oclc=3295781|series=University of California publications in botany|volume=8|issue=3}}</ref> especially ''N. larix''<ref name=PR>Postels, A. & Ruprecht, F. (1840). {{lang|la|Illustrationes algarum in itinere circum orbem jussu imperatoris Nicolai I. Atque auspiciis navarchi Friderici Lütke annis 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 celoce Seniavin exsecuto in Oceano pacifico, inprimis septemtrionale ad littora rossica asiatico-americana collectarum.}} pp. [i-vi ], [i]- iv, 1-28 [1-2, index], [Latin:] [-iv], [1]-22, [1-2, index], 40 pls. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Typis Eduardi Pratz. {{oclc|853056445}}</ref>  Isabella Abbott notes that individuals of ''[[Biology:Soranthera|Soranthera]]'' growing on ''Neorhodomela'' species as a host differ from those found on other hosts by tending to be attached more broadly, thick walled, spherical, and occurring primarily in northern or central California.<ref name=Abbott/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.eeb.ucsc.edu/pacificrockyintertidal/target/target-species-neorhodomela.html ''Neorhodomela larix''] at University of California, Santa Cruz
*[http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=5012 ''Neorhodomela larix''] at [[Biology:AlgaeBase|AlgaeBase]]. Includes photo gallery

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[[Category:Rhodomelaceae]]



{{Sourceattribution|Neorhodomela larix}}