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Family Gracilariaceae

HAWAII

Gracilaria coronopifolia  

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 2 feet

Cystocarps, Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 2 feet

LIMU MANAUEA    Ogo

Formerly common on shallow sandy reefs but harvested intensively for many years.  Upright, robust cylindrical axes 2mm in diameter, Y-branching pattern, brown, red, or yellow.  Gracilaria parvispora has axes with sparse side branching.  Endemic to Hawaii.