Page 14 - Caribbean Reef Life Demo

RED ALGAE : MARINE PLANTS
MAROON-ORANGE CRUST ALGA (Erythrodermis haematis) < 45 cm / 18 in Mottled red and orange encrusting alga. Forms a rough fan shape with darker lines radiating from the center.
MAROON-GREEN CRUST ALGA (Peyssonnelia boergesenii) < 45 cm / 18 in Yellowish-green to dark maroon encrusting alga. Reddish radiating lines become wider/darker near the margins.
DEEPWATER ROSE ALGA (Lithothamnion ruptile) < 50 cm / 20 in
in to ri ht red lates of ar in thic ness formed into rounded oral sha es. Onl found on dee er reefs.
BURGUNDY CRUST ALGA (Peyssonnelia conchicola) < 45 cm / 18 in Deep red encrusting alga. Smooth surface, often shiny. Outer ed es ma not touch su strate often o erla in .
MOTTLED CRUST ALGA (Peyssonnelia stoechas) < 45 cm / 18 in Flattened rounded encrusting alga. Orange-brown to reddish base color. Concentric pattern of dark red lines.
REEF CEMENT
(Porolithon onkodes)
road calci ed crust of in to ra al a that ta es on the shape of the underlying reef, holding it in place.
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