Guide to Seaweeds and Seagrasses Between the Capes
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Red Seaweeds
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Smithora naiadum
Seagrass Laver
Bossiella schmittii
California Winged Coral Seaweed
Bossiella dichotoma
Winged Coral Seaweed
Corallina vancouveriensis
Graceful Coral Seaweed
Melobesia mediocris
Seagrass Crust
Crustose coralline algae
Halosaccion glandiforme
Sea Sacs
Neoptilota hypnoides
Sea Fern
Cryptopleura ruprechtiana
Hidden Rib
Hymenena flabelligera
Black-lined Red Seaweed
Neorhodomela larix
Black Pine
Odonthalia floccosa
Sea Brush
Pyropia lanceolata (complex)
Laver, Nori
Pyropia smithii
Polysiphonia hendryi
Poly
Polysiphonia hendryi var. deliquescens
Constantinea simplex
Cup and Saucer Seaweed
Cryptosiphonia woodii
Bleached Brunette
Farlowia mollis
Farlow’s Seaweed
Endocladia muricata
Sea Moss
Chondracanthus exasperus
Turkish Towel
Mazzaella oregona
Northern Mazza Weed
Mazzaella parksii
The Horn of Plenty Alga
Mazzaella splendens
Iridescent Seaweed
Callophyllis sp.
Violet Sea Fan
Mastocarpus papillatus
Turkish washcloth
Ahnfeltiopsis linearis
Flattened Ahnfelt’s Seaweed
Ahnfeltiopsis gigartinoides
Loose Ahnfelt’s Seaweed
Halymenia schizymenioides
No Common Name
Prionitis filiformis
No common name
Prionitis sternbergii
Bleach weed
Gracilaria / Gracilariopsis 
Red Spaghetti, Sea Spaghetti
Gracilaria textorii
Kabonori
Plocamium cartilagineum
Sea Comb
Irtugovia pacifica
Hooked Skein
Callithamnion pikeanum
Beauty Bush
Bangia sp.
Black Sea Hair
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