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Green fleece alga

Codium fragile tomentosoides

Description:

This alga, an invasive type of seaweed also known as dead man’s fingers, lives in the inter-tidal zone of the Atlantic Ocean on the US Southeastern seabord. A clump of this alga is all one cell and the plant can regenerate to repair injuries. In the past, this seaweed was used as packing material for the shipping of live marine invertebrates.

Habitat:

Huntington Beach State Park

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Maria dB
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Maria dB

South Carolina, USA

Spotted on Jan 19, 2015
Submitted on Jan 31, 2015

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