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Created 8/28/2014

Phylum Ochrophyta, Class Pelagophyceae

Family Sarcinochrysidaceae

HAWAII

Chrysocystis fragilis

Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet

Kewalo, Oahu, 75 feet

 

Molokini, 60 feet

GOLDEN THREADS

Seasonally abundant at scuba depths where it can smother live coral, causing mortality.  These fragile plants are composed of tissue and mucus.  Tropics worldwide.