Red Algae

Red algae, or Rhodophyta, are a diverse group of eukaryotic algae. They are characterized by their reddish color, which comes from the pigment phycoerythrin. This list includes numerous species found in British Columbia, with information based on species accounts from E-Flora BC.

Species

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Hazards

Edible

Other

Medicinal

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Acrochaetium Sp. no common name Unknown
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Ahnfeltia fastigiata bushy Ahnfelt's seaweed Unknown
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Ahnfeltiopsis gigartinoides Loose Ahnfelt's Seaweed Unknown
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Ahnfeltiopsis leptophylla no common name Unknown
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Ahnfeltiopsis linearis no common name Unknown
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Amplisiphonia pacifica no common name Unknown
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Antithamnion defectum dwarf skein Unknown
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Antithamnion kylinii no common name Unknown
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Antithamnionella pacifica hooked skein Unknown
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Antithamnionella spirographidis no common name Unknown
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Arthrocardia silvae no common name Unknown
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Asterocolax gardneri no common name Unknown
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Audouinella Sp. no common name Acrochaetiaceae Unknown
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Bangia atropurpurea no common name Unknown
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Bangia fuscopurpurea no common name Unknown
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Bangia vermicularis no common name Unknown
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Bonnemaisonia geniculata no common name Unknown
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Bonnemaisonia nootkana no common name Unknown
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Bossiella californica no common name Unknown
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Bossiella chiloensis no common name Unknown
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Bossiella plumosa no common name Unknown
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Botryocladia pseudodichotoma no common name Unknown
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Branchioglossum bipinnatifidum no common name Unknown
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Branchioglossum woodii no common name Unknown
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Calliarthron tuberculosum no common name Unknown
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Callithamnion acutum no common name Unknown
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Callithamnion biseriatum no common name Unknown
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Callithamnion bisporum no common name Unknown
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Callithamnion pikeanum beauty bush Unknown
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Callocolax fungiformis no common name Unknown
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Callophyllis crenulata no common name Unknown
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Callophyllis cristata no common name Unknown
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Callophyllis edentata no common name Unknown
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Callophyllis flabellulata no common name Unknown
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Callophyllis heanophylla no common name Unknown
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Callophyllis pinnata no common name Unknown
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Callophyllis thompsonii no common name Unknown
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Callophyllis violacea violet sea fan Unknown
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Caulacanthus ustulatus no common name Unknown
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Ceramium Sp. no common name Ceramiaceae Unknown
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Chiharaea bodegensis no common name Unknown
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Chondracanthus corymbiferus no common name Unknown
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Chondracanthus exasperatus Turkish Towel Gigartinaceae Unknown
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Chondracanthus harveyanus no common name Unknown
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Chondria dasyphylla no common name Unknown
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Chondrus giganteus no common name Unknown
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Chondrus ocellatus no common name Unknown
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Choreocolax polysiphoniae no common name Unknown
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Clathromorphum circumscriptum no common name Unknown
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Clathromorphum parcum no common name Unknown
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Clathromorphum reclinatum no common name Unknown
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Colaconema amphiroae no common name Unknown
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Colaconema bonnemaisoniae no common name Unknown
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Colaconema daviesii no common name Unknown
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Colaconema macounii no common name Unknown
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Colaconema pacificum no common name Unknown
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Colaconema plumosum no common name Unknown
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Colaconema rhizoideum no common name Unknown
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Colaconema thuretii no common name Unknown
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Constantinea rosa-marina Cup and Saucer Unknown
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Constantinea simplex no common name Unknown
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Constantinea subulifera cracked saucer Unknown
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Corallina frondescens no common name Unknown
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Corallina officinalis comon coral seaweed Unknown
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Corallina pilulifera no common name Unknown
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Corallina vancouveriensis graceful coral seaweed Unknown
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Cryptonemia borealis no common name Unknown
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Cryptonemia obovata no common name Unknown
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Cryptonemia ovalifolia no common name Unknown
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Cryptopleura corallinara no common name Unknown
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Cryptopleura crispa no common name Unknown
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Cryptopleura lobulifera no common name Unknown
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Cryptopleura ruprechtiana hidden rib Unknown
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Cryptopleura violacea no common name Unknown
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Cryptosiphonia woodii bleached brunette Unknown
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Cumagloia andersonii no common name Unknown
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Delesseria decipiens winged rib Unknown
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Devaleraea ramentacea no common name Unknown
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Dilsea californica California red blade Unknown
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Dumontia contorta Purple Pencils Unknown
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Endocladia muricata sea moss Unknown
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Erythrocladia irregularis no common name Unknown
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Erythroglossum intermedium no common name Unknown
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Erythrophyllum delesserioides Red Sea-leaf Unknown
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Erythrotrichia carnea no common name Unknown
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Erythrotrichia pulvinata no common name Unknown
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Euthora cristata Delicate Northern Sea Fan Unknown
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Farlowia compressa no common name Unknown
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Farlowia mollis Farlow's seaweed Unknown
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Faucheocolax attenuata no common name Unknown
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Fryeella gardneri no common name Unknown
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Gelidium coulteri no common name Unknown
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Gelidium crinale no common name Unknown
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Gelidium purpurascens no common name Unknown
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Gelidium robustum no common name Unknown
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Gelidium vagum no common name Unknown
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Gloiocladia fryeana no common name Unknown
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Gloiocladia laciniata blue branching seaweed Unknown
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Gloiopeltis furcata jelly moss Unknown
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Gloiosiphonia capillaris no common name Unknown
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Gloiosiphonia verticillaris no common name Unknown
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Gonimophyllum skottsbergii no common name Unknown
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Goniotrichopsis sublittoralis no common name Unknown
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Gracilaria pacifica California limu Unknown
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Gracilariophila oryzoides no common name Unknown
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Gracilariopsis andersonii sea spaghetti Unknown
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Gracilarophila oryzoides no common name Unknown
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Grateloupia americana bleachweed Unknown
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Grateloupia doryphora no common name Unknown
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Grateloupia postelsii no common name Unknown
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Griffithsia pacifica no common name Unknown
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Gymnogongrus chiton no common name Unknown
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Halosaccion glandiforme sea sac Unknown
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Halymenia californica no common name Unknown
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Halymenia gardneri no common name Unknown
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Halymenia schizymenioides no common name Unknown
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Haraldiophyllum mirabile no common name Unknown
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Haraldiophyllum nottii no common name Unknown
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Harveyella mirabilis no common name Unknown
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Herposiphonia grandis no common name Unknown
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Herposiphonia plumula no common name Unknown
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Herposiphonia verticillata no common name Unknown
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Heterosiphonia densiuscula no common name Unknown
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Heterosiphonia japonica no common name Unknown
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Heterosiphonia laxa no common name Unknown
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Hildenbrandia occidentalis no common name Unknown
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Hildenbrandia prototypus no common name Unknown
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Hildenbrandia rubra rusty rock Unknown
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Hollenbergia nigricans no common name Unknown
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Hollenbergia subulata no common name Unknown
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Holmesia californica no common name Unknown
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Hommersandia maximicarpa no common name Unknown
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Hymenena flabelligera no common name Unknown
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Hymenena multiloba no common name Unknown
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Hymenena setchellii no common name Unknown
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Isabbottia ovalifolia no common name Unknown
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Janczewskia gardneri no common name Unknown
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Kallymeniopsis oblongifructa no common name Unknown
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Leachiella pacifica no common name Unknown
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Lemanea annulata no common name Unknown
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Leptophytum adeyi no common name Unknown
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Lithophyllum dispar no common name Unknown
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Lithophyllum impressum no common name Unknown
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Lithophyllum pustulatum no common name Unknown
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Lithothamnion phymatodeum rock crust Unknown
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Lithothrix aspergillum no common name Unknown
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Lomentaria hakodatensis Hakodate sea tangle Unknown
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Mastocarpus jardinii no common name Unknown
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Mastocarpus papillatus Turkish washcloth Unknown
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Mazzaella affinis no common name Unknown
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Mazzaella californica no common name Unknown
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Mazzaella flaccida no common name Unknown
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Mazzaella japonica no common name Unknown
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Mazzaella linearis no common name Unknown
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Mazzaella minima no common name Unknown
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Mazzaella oregona northern mazza weed Unknown
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Mazzaella parksii iridescent horn-of-plenty Unknown
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Mazzaella rosea no common name Unknown
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Mazzaella sanguinea no common name Unknown
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Mazzaella splendens Splendid Iridescent Seaweed Unknown
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Meiodiscus concrescens no common name Unknown
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Meiodiscus spetsbergensis no common name Unknown
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Melobesia marginata no common name Unknown
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Melobesia mediocris seagrass crust Unknown
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Membranoptera dimorpha no common name Unknown
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Membranoptera multiramosa no common name Unknown
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Membranoptera platyphylla no common name Unknown
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Membranoptera spinulosa Bering membrane wing Unknown
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Membranoptera tenuis no common name Unknown
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Membranoptera weeksiae no common name Unknown
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Mesophyllum conchatum no common name Unknown
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Mesophyllum vancouveriense no common name Unknown
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Microcladia borealis coarse sea lace Unknown
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Microcladia coulteri no common name Unknown
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Minium parvum no common name Unknown
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Myriogramme pulchra no common name Unknown
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Myriogramme repens no common name Unknown
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Myriogramme spectabilis no common name Unknown
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Neevea repens no common name Unknown
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Nemalion helminthoides rubber threads Unknown
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Neodilsea arctica no common name Unknown
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Neodilsea borealis northern red blade Unknown
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Neodilsea natashae Natasha's Red Blade Unknown
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Neogastroclonium subarticulatum no common name Unknown
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Neoptilota asplenioides sea fern Unknown
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Neoptilota californica no common name Unknown
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Neoptilota densa no common name Unknown
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Neoptilota hypnoides no common name Unknown
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Neorhodomela aculeata no common name Unknown
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Neorhodomela larix black pine Unknown
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Neorhodomela oregona Oregon pine Unknown
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Nienburgia andersoniana no common name Unknown
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Nitophyllum cincinnatum no common name Unknown
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Nitophyllum hollenbergii no common name Unknown
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Norrissia setchellii no common name Unknown
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Odonthalia floccosa sea brush Unknown
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Odonthalia kamtschatica no common name Unknown
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Odonthalia lyallii no common name Unknown
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Odonthalia washingtoniensis no common name Unknown
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Opuntiella californica red opuntia Unknown
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Opuntiella ornata no common name Unknown
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Osmundea spectabilis Sea Laurel Unknown
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Ozophora latifolia no common name Unknown
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Pachyarthron cretaceum chalky coral seaweed Unknown
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Palmaria callophylloides frilly red ribboon Unknown
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Palmaria hecatensis stiff red ribbon Unknown
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Palmaria mollis red ribbon Unknown
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Peyssonnelia pacifica no common name Unknown
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Peyssonnelia profunda no common name Unknown
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Phycodrys isabellae no common name Unknown
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Phycodrys riggii common sea oak Unknown
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Phycodrys setchellii no common name Unknown
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Phyllophora truncata no common name Unknown
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Pikea californica no common name Unknown
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Platysiphonia clevelandii no common name Unknown
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Platysiphonia decumbens no common name Unknown
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Pleonosporium squarrosum no common name Unknown
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Pleonosporium squarrulosum no common name Unknown
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Pleonosporium vancouverianum alternate skein Unknown
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Plocamiocolax pulvinata no common name Unknown
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Plocamium oregonum no common name Unknown
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Plocamium pacificum sea comb Unknown
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Plocamium violaceum no common name Unknown
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Pneophyllum zostericolum no common name Unknown
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Polyneura latissima crisscross network Unknown
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Polyneuropsis stolonifera no common name Unknown
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Polysiphonia brodiaei no common name Unknown
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Polysiphonia hendryi red seaweed Unknown
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Polysiphonia macounii no common name Unknown
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Polysiphonia pacifica polly Pacific Unknown
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Polysiphonia paniculata no common name Unknown
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Polysiphonia scopulorum no common name Unknown
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Polysiphonia senticulosa no common name Unknown
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Polysiphonia stricta no common name Unknown
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Polysiphonia tongatensis no common name Unknown
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Porphyra abbottiae black seaweed Unknown
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Porphyra brumalis no common name Unknown
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Porphyra conwayae no common name Unknown
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Porphyra cuneiformis red cellophane Unknown
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Porphyra fallax no common name Unknown
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Porphyra fucicola rockweed laver Unknown
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Porphyra gardneri no common name Unknown
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Porphyra kanakaensis no common name Unknown
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Porphyra kurogii Kurogi's Laver Unknown
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Porphyra mumfordii no common name Unknown
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Porphyra nereocystis red alga Unknown
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Porphyra occidentalis no common name Unknown
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Porphyra papenfussii no common name Unknown
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Porphyra perforata purple layer Unknown
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Porphyra pseudolanceolata no common name Unknown
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Porphyra pseudolinearis Long Laver Unknown
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Porphyra schizophylla no common name Unknown
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Porphyra smithii no common name Unknown
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Porphyra thuretii no common name Unknown
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Porphyra torta teal nori Unknown
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Porphyra variegata no common name Unknown
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Porphyropsis coccinea no common name Unknown
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Porphyrostromium boryanum no common name Unknown
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Prionitis cornea no common name Unknown
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Prionitis filiformis no common name Unknown
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Prionitis linearis no common name Unknown
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Prionitis simplex no common name Unknown
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Prionitis sternbergii no common name Unknown
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Pseudolithophyllum muricatum no common name Unknown
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Pseudolithophyllum neofarlowii no common name Unknown
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Pseudolithophyllum whidbeyense no common name Unknown
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Pterochondria woodii no common name Unknown
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Pterocladiella caloglossoides no common name Unknown
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Pterosiphonia bipinnata no common name Unknown
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Pterosiphonia dendroidea no common name Unknown
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Pterosiphonia gracilis no common name Unknown
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Pterosiphonia hamata no common name Unknown
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Pterothamnion heteromorphum no common name Unknown
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Pterothamnion pectinatum no common name Unknown
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Pterothamnion reversum no common name Unknown
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Pterothamnion villosum no common name Unknown
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Ptilota filicina red wing Unknown
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Ptilota serrata no common name Unknown
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Ptilothamnionopsis lejolisea no common name Unknown
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Pugetia firma no common name Unknown
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Pugetia fragilissima no common name Unknown
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Rhodella violacea no common name Unknown
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Rhodochorton purpureum no common name Unknown
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Rhodomela tenuissima no common name Unknown
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Rhodophysema elegans no common name Unknown
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Rhodophysema georgii no common name Unknown
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Rhodoptilum plumosum no common name Unknown
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Rhodosorus marinus no common name Unknown
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Rhodymenia californica no common name Unknown
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Rhodymenia pacifica no common name Unknown
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Sahlingia subintegra no common name Unknown
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Sarcodiotheca furcata no common name Unknown
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Sarcodiotheca gaudichaudii no common name Unknown
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Scagelia occidentale Scagel's Skein Unknown
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Schizymenia borealis no common name Unknown
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Schizymenia pacifica no common name Unknown
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Scinaia confusa red antlers Unknown
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Serraticardia macmillanii Macmillan's coral seaweed Unknown
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Smithora naiadum red fringe Unknown
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Sparlingia pertusa Red Eyelet Silk Unknown
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Stenogramma interrupta no common name Unknown
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Stylonema alsidii no common name Unknown
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Stylonema cornu-cervi no common name Unknown
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Tayloriella abyssalis no common name Unknown
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Tayloriella divaricata no common name Unknown
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Thuretellopsis peggiana no common name Unknown
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Tiffaniella snyderae no common name Unknown
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Tokidadendron bullatum northern sea oak Unknown
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Tokidaea chilkatensis no common name Unknown
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Turnerella mertensiana red sea-cabbage Unknown
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Weeksia coccinea no common name Unknown
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Whidbeyella cartilaginea no common name Unknown
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Yamadaia americana no common name Unknown
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