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Valonia utricularis
This is an alga that is normally yellow green in color; these have likely become bleached on the beach. The club-like appendages get to be about 2 inches long. It is shown with sea pork in the last photo. This alga is a moderately common species in the Caribbean, Florida and the Bahamas.
Huntington Beach State Park
Kindly identified by Walter Adey of the Smithsonian Institute.
Spotted on Jan 19, 2015
Submitted on Feb 8, 2015
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