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Spiny red seaweed
Acanthophora spicifera

Family Rhodomelaceae


A red, spiny seaweed is sometimes abundantly seen on Chek Jawa. It is often heavily covered with a layer of smaller algae. (Main stems about 15cm long)

 

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