The kelp specimen uses its haptera to anchor itself to the rocks.
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Haptera
Synonyms for "haptera"
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By means of these haptera not only different individuals become united together but instances are given by Sernander in which Cetraria islandica, normally a ground lichen had become epiphytic by attaching itself in this way to the trunk of a tree (Pinus sylvestris).
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