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Family Galaxauraceae

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Galaxaura rugosa

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

 

Wailupe, Oahu, 3 feet

 

 

Sharks Cove tidepool, Oahu

STOUT GALAXAURA

Hemispherical plant abundant on reefs.  Variable with age, orange to reddish-pink, dirty, stiff but flexible calcified branches ringed by fine hair, branch tips with terminal pits.  Warm & temperate seas worldwide.