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GREEN ALGAE : MARINE PLANTS
CACTUS TREE ALGA
(Caulerpa cupressoides) < 25 cm / 10 in Short bushy tufts of upright branches from low runners. mall irre ular ranchlets i e a rou h a earance.
FORKED SAWBLADE ALGA (Caulerpa serrulata var. hummii) < 4 cm / 1.5 in lon ated narro reen lea es ith serrated ed es. Usually branches widely in two, midway along the leaf.
SERRATED ALGA
(Caulerpa webbiana) < 2.5 cm / 1 in Dense bright green clumps of short stalks, with lateral branchlets forming serrated edges. Grows on runners.
SAWBLADE ALGA
(Caulerpa serrulata) < 5 cm / 2 in
hort narro ale reen lea es ith serrated ed es. Grows in dense tangled clumps from green runners.
FLAT GREEN FEATHER ALGA (Caulerpa mexicana) < 20 cm / 8 in
ar reen lea es ith lar e densel ac ed ranchlets. Grows upwards from thick green runners on the sand.
GREEN FEATHER ALGA (Caulerpa sertularioides) < 20 cm / 8 in
all erect feather sha ed lea es of li ht reen ith ne branchlets. Grows from thin pale runners on the sand.
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