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Showy Shaggy Hair Weed

Ulothrix speciosa

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Field Notes

Description:

ID confirmation required please.

Habitat:

Intertidal rocks.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Machi
That does look a lot better for ID. Of course, I am not an algae expert!
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Thanks, that was the inly one in my book but I think I found a better match on the internet, it is Ulothrix speciosa, called Showy Shaggy Hair Weed.
Machi
Yours looks a lot thinner and greener than Himantharia elongatta to me.. I think a green algae rather than a red algae (Himantharia elongatta is a red I think)
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PublishedDecember 28, 2019

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