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| Seaweeds > Division Rhodophyta |
| Prickly
red seaweed Hypnea sp. * Family Cystocloniaceae updated Jan 13 Where seen? Forming clumps of tangled, fine branches, this seaweed is sometimes seen on coral rubble on our Southern shores. Features: Clumps of fleshy 'stems' finely branched in tangles. Some have short 'stems' (3-6cm) covered with lots of tiny pointed projections that give a prickly look. These may carpet small areas of coral rubble. Others have longer stems (10-15cm) and form tangled bunches. Colours range from beige, pink, reddish or brownish. Bluish ones with thicker stems that form bushy balls is probably Hypnea pannosa. According to AlgaeBase: there are more than 50 current Hypnea species. Human uses: In some places, Hypnea seaweeds are fed to livestock and eaten by people. |
 Pulau Hantu, Apr 06  |
 Pulau Hantu, Mar 06  |
 Pulau Semakau, Sep 05  |
 Labrador, Feb 06  |
 Pulau Salu, Aug 10  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Prickly red seaweeds on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Prickly red seaweeds for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
 Beting Bemban Besar, Apr 10 |
| Hypnea
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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