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Family Scytosiphonaceae

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Colpomenia sinuosa

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

 

Black Point, Oahu

 

 


Osezaki, Japan, 20 feet

SINUOUS SEAWEED    Hukuronori

Common on shallow reefs.  Yellow-brown, thin-walled with hollow interior, attached to substrate in several places.  Warm & temperate seas worldwide.  May be confused with the fragile Sarcinochrysis marina.