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Family Hypneaceae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Hypnea musciformis  

Black Point, Oahu

HOOK WEED

Alien invasive species locally abundant on shallow reefs.  Stems are long with curled tips and many short side branches that look like spines.  Yellow, red or brown.  Worldwide in warm seas.