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Marine Algae of Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Adjacent Islands

A guide to the marine algae of Cape Cod and adjacent islands. The list of species is based on the historical (ca. 1873-1978) specimen collection of the MBLWHOI Library Herbarium (SPWH) in ...more ↓

Ulva flexuosa paradoxa 1
Ulva intestinalis 2
Ulva compressa 1
Ulva linza 3
Ulva prolifera 4
Eudesme virescens 5
Fucus evanescens 6
Spiral Wrack 7
Fucus spiralis
Bladder Wrack 8
Fucus vesiculosus
Gayralia oxysperma 1
Gelidium pusillum 9
Gloiosiphonia capillaris 5
Gracilaria tikvahiae 4
Griffithsia globulifera
Grinnellia americana 9
Halosiphon tomentosus 5
Hildenbrandia rubra 10
Hincksia mitchelliae 1
Hincksia granulosa 5
Hypnea musciformis 11
Laminaria digitata 6
Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne 12
Leathesia difformis
Lomentaria divaricata (Durant) M.J. Wynne 13
Lomentaria baileyana
Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry 14
Mastocarpus stellatus
Membranoptera alata (Hudson) Stackhouse 3
Membranoptera alata
Myrionema strangulans Greville 5
Myrionema strangulans
Nemalion helminthoides (Velley) Batters 15
Nemalion helminthoides
Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) F. Weber & D. Mohr 16
Palmaria palmata
Petalonia fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze 17
Petalonia fascia
Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters 16
Phycodrys rubens
Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders 18
Saccharina latissima
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides (S.G.Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor 4
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman 19
Pylaiella littoralis
Plumaria plumosa (Hudson) Kuntze 3
Plumaria plumosa
Polyides rotundus (Hudson) Greville 16
Polyides rotundus
Polysiphonia elongata (Hudson) Sprengel 20
Polysiphonia elongata
Rhodomela confervoides 3
Polysiphonia lanosa 21
Polysiphonia fastigiata
Polysiphonia nigrescens 6
Agardhiella subulata 1
Aglaothamnion halliae 9
Callithamnion halliae
Callithamnion roseum 22
Landlady's Wig 23
Ahnfeltia plicata
Alaria esculenta 24
Anotrichium tenue 25
Knotted Wrack 26
Ascophyllum nodosum
Blidingia minima 1
Bonnemaisonia hamifera 23
Bryopsis hypnoides 27
Bryopsis plumosa 16
Callithamnion corymbosum 5
Callithamnion tetragonum
Callophyllis cristata 13
Euthora cristata
Ceramium virgatum 28
Ceramium tenuicorne 6
Ceramium gracillimum
Chaetomorpha aerea 9
Sea Hair 29
Chaetomorpha linum
Chaetomorpha melagonium 3
Chondria capillaris 5
Chondria tenuissima
Chondria dasyphylla 9
Irish Moss 30
Chondrus crispus
Chorda filum 31
Chordaria flagelliformis 22
Cladophora albida 1
Cladophora sericea 9
Cladophora vagabunda 1
Cladosiphon zosterae 9
Cladosiphon occidentalis
Cladostephus spongiosus 23
Coccotylus truncatus 4
Phyllophora interrupta
Codium fragile fragile 32
Common Coralline 33
Corallina officinalis
Cystoclonium purpureum 19
Dasya baillouviana 34
Desmarestia aculeata 15
Desmarestia viridis 35
Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus
Dumontia contorta 6
Ectocarpus fasciculatus 5
Ectocarpus siliculosus 36
Elachista fucicola 3
Ulva clathrata 1
Enteromorpha clathrata

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