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Family Hypneaceae

HAWAII

Hypnea chordacea

Black Point, Oahu

STOUT HYPNEA

Common on rocks in the intertidal & shallow subtidal as a turf-forming species.  Red, green, or brown, stout vertical axes with many short side branches near top, smooth below, attains 3.5 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.