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Family Gelidiaceae

HAWAII

Gelidiella acerosa

Kaupo, Oahu, 6 feet

Black Point, Oahu

COMMON GELIDIELLA

Common on shallow reefs.  Erect yellowish-brown cylindrical axes with curved side-branches in Christmas-tree pattern.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Harvest for agar production in some regions.  Similar to Pterocladiella caerulescens.