Algae

of Orange County, California and nearby places.

Compiled by Peter J. Bryant, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Green Algae (Chlorophyta)
Class Chlorophyceae: Single-celled Algae	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
Rhodophyta (Red Algae)
Corallinaceae
Graceful Coral Seaweed, Corallina vancouveriensis	Articulate Coralline Alga, Lithothrix aspergillum	Crustose Coralline Alga, Melobesia mediocris
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