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Family Corallinaceae

HAWAII

Hydrolithon onkodes

Makapu'u intertidal, Oahu

 

Black Point, Oahu

 

Lana'i Lookout, Oahu

ENCRUSTING CORALLINE ALGAE

Encrusting pink, purple, or green crusts on any available surface.  Spores occur in scattered conceptacles.  Absence of pits differentiate this from corals and bryozoans.  An important component of reef development.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.