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Family Corallinaceae

HAWAII

Hydrolithon reinboldii

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu	Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

KNOBBY CORALLINE ALGAE

Knobby pinkish-purple nodules (rhodoliths) or crusts common on shallow reefs exposed to wave action.  Spores occur in scattered conceptacles.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.