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Lithophyllum incrustans (?)
Encrusting algae with the appearance of encrusting red algae except that the color is white. Also described as "bleached."
Intertidal Zone 2 and 3 encrusted on rock surfaces.
White encrusting algae cannot commonly be found in online references for marine algae. Steneck and Martone report on calcified algae in "Tidepool 2007" http://www3.botany.ubc.ca/martone/Stenec... and Martone Tidepool 2007.pdf Is calcification an explanation for instances of white encrustations?
Spotted on Apr 7, 2014
Submitted on May 18, 2014
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