Page 18 - Caribbean Reef Life Demo

CYANOBACTERIA : MARINE PLANTS
WHISPY OKEANIA ALGA
(Okeania lorea) < 10 cm / 4 in
ense mat of lon lamentous co er ro n threads. Attaches to the substrate or hard corals and gorgonians.
GELATINOUS BALL ALGA (Spirocoleus fragilis) < 60 cm / 2 ft ucila inous mass of tin ello laments. ttaches to and e entuall o er ro s su strates and li in corals.
GELATINOUS TUFT ALGA (Caldora penicillata) < 10 cm / 4 in
Clumps of light brown elongated undulating masses. Attaches to substrate or dead corals and spreads easily.
FUZZ BALL ALGA
(Symploca hydnoides) < 10 cm / 4 in
er dense all of ne hair li e laments. ra lue green or burgundy on the outer layer and paler inside.
RUBBERY SEAWEED (Leptolyngbya hendersonii) < 8 cm / 3.5 in ounded mass of hard ru er tissue often o er ro in li in coral. olor aries from ro nish hite to in .
PHORMIDIUM ALGA (Phormidium laysanense) < 20 cm / 8 in ense atches or tufts of reddish ro n laments. O er ro s other s ecies of al ae and li in corals.
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