Star Island Intertidal Seaweeds
Sea Lettuce
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, a green alga in the division Chlorophyta, is the type species of the genus Ulva, also known by the common name sea lettuce.
Hollow Green Weed
The sea lettuces comprise the genus Ulva, a group of edible green algae that is widely distributed along the coasts of the world's oceans. The type species within the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca, lactuca being Latin for "lettuce". The genus also includes the species previously classified under the genus Enteromorpha, the former members of ...more ↓
Dead Man's Fingers
Codium fragile, known commonly as green sea fingers, dead man's fingers, felty fingers,forked felt-alga, sponge seaweed,green sponge,green fleece, and oyster thief, is an invasive species of seaweed in the family Codiaceae.
grønnsli (slekt)
Urosporid gregarines, mucron simple; small; gamont large (up to 1 mm), longitudinally striated; syzygy lateral, often between gamonts of unequal size; oocysts ovoid, with a tail ; some species covered with bristles; oocysts with 6 to 8 sporozoites; in annelids, sipunculids, nemertines, and echinoderms; type species- U. nemertis.
Chaetomorpha
In taxonomy, Chaetomorpha, also called Chaeto for short, is a genus of algae, specifically of the Cladophoraceae.
hen pen
Hen pen is an exceptionally pretty, feathery-shaped branched green seaweed. It is mostly bright green in color and remarkably flexible. The 'leaf' (thallus) consists of a single cell containing lots of cell nuclei without partitions. This seaweed is fairly common in the delta region, but is rare in the wadden region, only found at the foot of dikes or on pontoons. Hen pen is grazed upon by ...more ↓
