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Hypnea valentiae is a species of red macroalgae belonging to the family Cystocloniaceae. It is widely distributed across tropical and subtropical marine environments, including the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The alga typically features cylindrical, irregularly branched thalli that form dense,...

Smithora naiadum is a red alga in the family Erythropeltidaceae. It grows as an epiphyte, attaching to surf-grasses of the genus Phyllospadix rather than developing independently on rock or sediment. Its distribution along the Pacific coast of North America and its film-like growth on seagrass make...

Spyridia filamentosa is a species of marine red alga classified within the family Ceramiaceae. It has a widespread distribution, commonly found in both tropical and temperate ocean waters across the globe. The seaweed features distinct, heavily corticated central axes that bear whorls of small, spin...

Leathesia marina is a brown alga that forms small, rounded to irregular globular growths on rocky shores. Its thallus is hollow, soft, and gelatinous, with a lobed surface that can give it a brain-like appearance. The species is associated with temperate intertidal environments and may grow attached...

Red alga (Ceramiaceae) found along the Pacific coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California, named after Irish-born botanist Thomas Coulter.

Sphacelaria tribuloides is a small brown alga (Sphacelariaceae) of tropical and subtropical seas, recognized by its distinctive star-shaped vegetative propagules used in species identification.

Aglaothamnion hookeri is a delicate red alga (Ceramiaceae) of the North Atlantic, named after botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, with alternately branched, feathery fronds.

Tufted filamentous red alga of the North Atlantic that grows exclusively as an obligate epiphyte on Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus species, penetrating host tissue with rhizoids.

Notheia anomala is a small brown alga in the family Notheiaceae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand and has a specialized epiphytic relationship with the intertidal brown alga Hormosira banksii, growing on its surface rather than independently on rock or sediment. This dependence distinguishe...

Pterothamnion plumula is a delicate red alga in the family Pterothamniaceae. It has feathery, pinnately branched filaments and is reported from the North Atlantic and Mediterranean regions. The species commonly grows as an epiphyte, meaning that it attaches to another alga or submerged surface witho...

Titanoderma pustulatum is a crustose coralline red alga with a calcareous thallus that forms a hard crust on marine surfaces. It is recorded from temperate seas and may grow on rocks or other algae as an epiphyte. The species is notable in marine ecology because its surface can induce larval settlem...

Antithamnion plumula is a species of small filamentous red alga in the genus Antithamnion. It is recognized by its delicate, feathery growth form, with fine branches and opposite, pinnately arranged branchlets that are especially useful for identification under magnification. The species occurs in m...

Melobesia membranacea is a thin crustose coralline red alga found in temperate marine environments. It commonly grows as an epiphyte directly on the blades of seagrasses and larger seaweeds, forming a calcareous crust over the host surface. Its crustose growth form and association with living marine...

Ceramium virgatum is a filamentous red marine alga in the family Ceramiaceae. It forms bushy, repeatedly branched fronds that may be brownish red to yellowish green, with corticated axes and inward-curved branch tips; it grows on rock, shells, and other algae in intertidal and shallow subtidal habit...

Giffordia sandriana is a minute, filamentous brown alga in the family Ectocarpaceae. It occurs in temperate Atlantic and Mediterranean waters and typically grows epiphytically, attached to the surface of a larger seaweed rather than forming a large independent thallus. Its small size and growth on o...

Myriotrichia clavaeformis is a marine brown alga in the order Ectocarpales and family Chordariaceae. It forms a delicate filamentous thallus with short side branches and hair-like structures in marine intertidal habitats, and can grow as an epiphyte on another alga. A documented culture strain came...

Sphacelaria cirrosa is a small filamentous brown alga in the family Sphacelariaceae. It commonly grows as an epiphyte on other algae or on hard coastal surfaces, forming fine, branched threads rather than a broad blade. The species is identified in part by its vegetative propagules, which may develo...

Pylaiella littoralis is a filamentous marine brown alga. Its finely branched, wiry thalli grow on rock and other hard surfaces or as an epiphyte on larger seaweeds, especially in intertidal and shallow coastal habitats; it is common and widely distributed in the North Atlantic and also occurs in the...