🌿 Family

Codiaceae

4 species · Plants

Plantae › Chlorophyta › Ulvophyceae › Bryopsidales › Codiaceae

Codium bursa is a dark green spongy marine alga found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

Codium fragile, nicknamed dead man's fingers, is a dark green siphonous green alga found in intertidal and subtidal coastal areas.

Codium setchellii is a rare cushion-forming East Pacific seaweed with unusual single-celled structure, eaten by specialized grazers.

Codium tomentosum is a native Atlantic sponge-like alga that maintains stable populations despite invading related Codium taxa.

Related Families

Caulerpaceae 12 species Udoteaceae 3 species Halimedaceae 1 species

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