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| White-stemmed
seaweed Neomeris sp.* Family Dasycladaceae updated Aug 08 Where seen? This curious white-and-green seaweed is commonly seen on our Southern shores. Sometimes large clusters of the seaweed can be seen, at other times, only small scattered clusters. On small stones or coral rubble. Features: Cluster of slender cylindrical shapes (2-3cm long) with blunt tips. The base to middle portion of the 'stem' is white and calcified while the upper ends are bright green, and often fuzzy at the tips. The seaweed is actually made up of tiny branches packed tightly around a central stalk to form the cylindrical shape, somewhat like the bristles on a bottlebrush. The green tiny branches at the tip are younger. According to AlgaeBase, there are 7 current Neomeris species. Sometimes confused with green sea sausage seaweeds (Bornetella sp.) but these are completely green and don't have white stems. Neomeris is the name of one of the 50 Greek nymphs or sea goddesses collectively called the Nereides. |
 Tuas, Jun 05   |
White-stemmed seaweed on Singapore shores
 Sentosa, Jan 06 |
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 Sentosa, Apr 07 |
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more photos of white-stemmed seaweed on Singapore shores
northern shores
southern shores part 1 | part 2 | part 3
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination of internal parts.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
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University of Western Australia Press. 300pp.|
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