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Updated 11/29/2024

Family Sargassaceae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Sargassum aquifolium

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

PRICKLY SARGASSUM

Abundant in the surf zone and on rocky coasts.  Short thick blades with prickly margins and spherical gas bladders.  Edible, known as Limu kala.  Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Sargassum echinocarpum.