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Chondrophycus parvipapillatus
Family Rhodomelaceae
HAWAII
Chondrophycus parvipapillatus
Makapu'u intertidal, Oahu |
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BUMPY CHONDROPHYCUS LIMU LIPE'EPE'E
Common in shaded areas on rocky shores exposed to wave action.
Purplish-red groups of flattened axes 5mm wide, outermost branches with
wartlike knobs on margin, never stalked. Hawaii & the
Indo-Pacific. Chondrophycus sucissus is brown with stalked
spheres on margin and is also known as Limu Lipe'epe'e. Formerly known as Laurencia parvipapillata. |
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