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Family Corallinaceae

HAWAII

Amphiroa beauvoisii

 

Kahala, Oahu, 3 feet

Kaiona, Oahu, 6 feet

STIFF AMPHIROA

Occasional on shallow reefs.  Stiff clumps two inches tall or embedded in turf, branches stiff and heavily calcified, reproductive parts have visible swellings.  Subtropical seas worldwide.