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Updated 3/19/2024

Family Sporolithaceae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Sporolithon erythraeum

Kahului, Maui, 12 feet
Black Point, Oahu
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 15 feet

PATCHY RED CORALLINE ALGAE

Reddish-blue to brown crusts on rock & shaded surfaces at any depth.  Spores occur in surface patches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.