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ferny red seaweed Bostrychia sp.* Family Rhodomelaceae updated Jan 12 Where seen? This tiny seaweed with tiny fern-like blades are sometimes seen on moist areas in our natural rocky shores, often among other tiny seaweeds. Elsewhere, it is commonly seen on the intertidal zone especially near mangroves and on mangrove roots, often forming thick bands in association with barnacles on the upper intertidal zone. Features: Clusters of tiny feathery, fern-like blades (0.5-1cm), tightly packed together, forming a carpet on natural rocky shores at the high water mark. Colour brown, yellowish, reddish. Elsewhere may also be purplish. An astonishing variety of tiny creatures are often seen in thick carpets of this seaweed. According to AlgaeBase: there are more than 150 species of Bostrychia. |
 Sentosa, Jul 11 |
 Labrador, Dec 11 |
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On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Bostrychia
species recorded for Singapore Pham, M. N., H. T. W. Tan, S. Mitrovic & H. H. T. Yeo, 2011. A Checklist of the Algae of Singapore.
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| Acknowledgments With grateful thanks to Joseph Lai for identifying this seaweed. Links
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Bookmark, Inc., the Philippines. 197 pp.|
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