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Family Rhodomelaceae

HAWAII

Laurencia majuscula

Kaupo, Oahu, 8 feet

 

Black Point, Oahu

 

cropped

COMMON LAURENCIA

Common on shallow reefs exposed to wave action.  Yellow-green erect clumps with red tips, or entirely red, alternate or spiral order of branching with final order dense.  Attains 7 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.