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Family Corallinaceae

HAWAII

Jania pumila

Makapu'u intertidal, Oahu

DWARF JANIA

Common in tidepools and wave benches.  Forms dense epiphytic clusters on Sargassum or Galaxaura.  Less than 1 inch tall.  Worldwide in warm & temperate seas.