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Family Bangiaceae

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Bangia atropurpurea

Waimea Bay, Oahu, 20 feet

 

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Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet

DARK PURPLE BANGIA

Rare winter annual on intertidal rocks.  Filaments fine and straight, drying as gelatinous mass.  Worldwide in cool & subtropical seas.