Algae
of Orange County, California and nearby places.
Compiled by Peter J. Bryant,
Green Algae (Chlorophyta) | ||||
Class Chlorophyceae: |
Class Charophyceae | Class Bryopsidophyceae | Class Prasinophyceae |
Class Ulvophyceae |
Chlamydomonadaceae | Characeae | Codiaceae | Pyramimonadales | Ulvaceae |
Tetraselmis sp. |
Chara sp. |
Dead Man's Fingers, Codium fragile |
Halosphaera sp. |
Sea Lettuce, Ulva sp. |
Phaeophyta (= Ochrophyta; Brown Algae) | ||||
Alariaceae | Dictyotaceae | Fucaceae | ||
Feather Boa Kelp, Egregia menziesii |
Dictyota flabellata |
Zonaria farlowii |
Olive Rockweed, Hesperophycus californicus |
Rockweed, Silvetia compressa |
Laminariaceae | Lessoniaceae | Scytosiphonaceae | ||
Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera |
Southern Sea Palm, Eisenia arborea |
Sea Bubble, Colpomenia tuberculata |
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Rhodophyta (Red Algae) | ||||
Corallinaceae | ||||
Graceful Coral Seaweed, Corallina vancouveriensis |
Articulate Coralline Alga, Lithothrix aspergillum |
Crustose Coralline Alga, Melobesia mediocris |
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