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Family: Rhodomelaceae (See list of species below)

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124 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acanthophora muscoides [Purple spiny sea moss]	No picture found Acanthophora nayadiformis []	No picture found Acanthophora spicifera [Erect sea moss]
No picture found Alsidium corallinum [Coral corsican moss]	No picture found Alsidium helminthochorton [Corsican moss]	No picture found Amplisiphonia pacifica []
No picture found Bostrychia montagnei []	No picture found Bostrychia scorpioides []	No picture found Bostrychia tenella []
No picture found Bostrychia vaga []	No picture found Bryothamnion seaforthii []	No picture found Chondria tumulosa []
No picture found Chondrophycus cartilagineus []	No picture found Cladhymenia coronata []	No picture found Colacopsis velutina []
No picture found Dasyclonium flaccidum []	No picture found Dasyclonium incisum []	No picture found Digenea simplex [Red seabroom]
No picture found Dipterosiphonia dendritica []	No picture found Dipterosiphonia parva []	No picture found Endosiphonia horrida []
No picture found Fernandosiphonia unilateralis []	No picture found Halopithys incurva []	No picture found Herposiphonia dendroidea []
No picture found Herposiphonia pacifica []	No picture found Herposiphonia parca []	No picture found Herposiphonia pecten-veneris []
No picture found Herposiphonia plumula []	No picture found Herposiphonia secunda []	No picture found Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella []
No picture found Janczewskia gardneri []	No picture found Laurencia brongniartii []	No picture found Laurencia caraibica []
No picture found Laurencia claviformis []	No picture found Laurencia congesta []	No picture found Laurencia densissima []
No picture found Laurencia elata []	No picture found Laurencia filiformis []	No picture found Laurencia glandulifera []
No picture found Laurencia intricata []	No picture found Laurencia johnstonii []	No picture found Laurencia ligulata []
No picture found Laurencia majuscula []	No picture found Laurencia mariannensis []	No picture found Laurencia mediocris []
No picture found Laurencia microcladia []	No picture found Laurencia minuta []	No picture found Laurencia obtusa []
No picture found Laurencia oppositocladia []	No picture found Laurencia pinnata []	No picture found Laurencia pinnatifida []
No picture found Laurencia poitei []	No picture found Laurencia snyderae []	No picture found Leveillea jungermannioides []
No picture found Levringiella microscopica []	No picture found Lophocladia lallemandii []	No picture found Lophosiphonia cristata []
No picture found Lophosiphonia obscura []	No picture found Lophosiphonia prostrata []	No picture found Lophurella caespitosa []
No picture found Lophurella hookeriana []	No picture found Lophurella patula []	No picture found Melanamansia glomerata []
No picture found Neorhodomela larix [Black pine]	No picture found Neosiphonia ferulacea []	No picture found Neosiphonia harveyi []
No picture found Neosiphonia savatieri []	No picture found Odonthalia floccosa [Sea brush]	No picture found Odonthalia washingtoniensis [Toothed-twig seaweed]
No picture found Osmundea hybrida []	No picture found Osmundea pedicularioides []	No picture found Osmundea spectabilis [Sea laurel]
No picture found Palisada corallopsis []	No picture found Palisada intermedia []	No picture found Palisada patentiramea []
No picture found Palisada perforata [Pepper dulse]	No picture found Palisada surculigera []	No picture found Palisada thuyoides []
No picture found Placophora binderi []	No picture found Polysiphonia abscissa []	No picture found Polysiphonia anisogona []
No picture found Polysiphonia atlantica []	No picture found Polysiphonia brodiei []	No picture found Polysiphonia coacta []
No picture found Polysiphonia codicola []	No picture found Polysiphonia crassicollis []	No picture found Polysiphonia denudata []
No picture found Polysiphonia elongata []	No picture found Polysiphonia exilis []	No picture found Polysiphonia flabelliformis []
No picture found Polysiphonia fucoides []	No picture found Polysiphonia havanensis []	No picture found Polysiphonia howei []
No picture found Polysiphonia japonica var. savatieri []	No picture found Polysiphonia kampsaxii []	No picture found Polysiphonia lanosa [Tube weed]
No picture found Polysiphonia nigra []	No picture found Polysiphonia opaca []	No picture found Polysiphonia pacifica []
No picture found Polysiphonia platycarpa []	No picture found Polysiphonia scopulorum []	No picture found Polysiphonia scopulorum var. villum []
No picture found Polysiphonia senticulosa []	No picture found Polysiphonia sertularioides []	No picture found Polysiphonia stricta []
No picture found Polysiphonia subtilissima []	No picture found Polysiphonia tuticorinensis []	No picture found Polysiphonia upolensis []
No picture found Pterosiphonia bipinnata []	No picture found Pterosiphonia complanata []	No picture found Pterosiphonia dendroidea []
No picture found Pterosiphonia disticha []	No picture found Pterosiphonia gracilis []	No picture found Pterosiphonia paucicorticata []
No picture found Pterosiphonia pusilla []	No picture found Rhodomela confervoides []	No picture found Rhodomela lycopodioides []
No picture found Rytiphlaea tinctoria []	No picture found Spirocladia barodensis []	No picture found Tolypiocladia calodictyon []
No picture found Tolypiocladia condensata []	No picture found Tolypiocladia glomerulata []	No picture found Wrightiella blodgettii []
No picture found Yuzurua poiteaui []

124 Species of Family Rhodomelaceae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthophora muscoides	Purple spiny sea moss	Western Indian Ocean and
Acanthophora nayadiformis		Western Indian Ocean.
Acanthophora spicifera	Erect sea moss	Atlantic Ocean
Alsidium corallinum	Coral corsican moss	Mediterranean Sea.	10 TL
Alsidium helminthochorton	Corsican moss	Mediterranean Sea.	5 TL
Amplisiphonia pacifica		Northeast Pacific
Bostrychia montagnei		Western Central Atlantic
Bostrychia scorpioides		Western Central Atlantic
Bostrychia tenella		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Bostrychia vaga		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Bryothamnion seaforthii		Western Central Atlantic
Chondria tumulosa		Eastern Central Pacific
Chondrophycus cartilagineus		Western Central Pacific
Cladhymenia coronata		Southwest Pacific
Colacopsis velutina		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Dasyclonium flaccidum		Western Pacific
Dasyclonium incisum		Indo-Southwest Pacific
Digenea simplex	Red seabroom	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Dipterosiphonia dendritica		Southeast Pacific
Dipterosiphonia parva		Southeast Pacific
Endosiphonia horrida		Western Indian Ocean
Fernandosiphonia unilateralis		Southeast Pacific
Halopithys incurva		Mediterranean Sea.
Herposiphonia dendroidea		Western Central Pacific
Herposiphonia pacifica		Pacific Ocean
Herposiphonia parca		Western Central Atlantic
Herposiphonia pecten-veneris		Western Central Atlantic
Herposiphonia plumula		Eastern Pacific
Herposiphonia secunda		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella		Southeast Pacific
Janczewskia gardneri		Eastern Pacific
Laurencia brongniartii		Southwest Pacific
Laurencia caraibica		Western Central Atlantic
Laurencia claviformis		Southeast Pacific
Laurencia congesta		Southeast Pacific
Laurencia densissima		Southeast Pacific
Laurencia elata		Indo-West Pacific.
Laurencia filiformis		Western Central Atlantic
Laurencia glandulifera		Western Central Pacific
Laurencia intricata		Western Indian Ocean and
Laurencia johnstonii		Eastern Central Pacific
Laurencia ligulata		Southeast Pacific
Laurencia majuscula		Indo-West Pacific
Laurencia mariannensis		Western Central Pacific
Laurencia mediocris		Southeast Pacific
Laurencia microcladia		Western Indian Ocean and
Laurencia minuta		Western Indian Ocean
Laurencia obtusa		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an
Laurencia oppositocladia		Southeast Pacific
Laurencia pinnata		Western Central Pacific
Laurencia pinnatifida		Northeast Atlantic
Laurencia poitei		Western Central Atlantic
Laurencia snyderae		Western Indian Ocean
Leveillea jungermannioides		Indo-West Pacific.
Levringiella microscopica		Southeast Pacific
Lophocladia lallemandii		Western Indian Ocean.
Lophosiphonia cristata		Western Central Atlantic
Lophosiphonia obscura		Western Indian Ocean.
Lophosiphonia prostrata		Indo-West Pacific.
Lophurella caespitosa		Southwest Pacific
Lophurella hookeriana		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Lophurella patula		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Melanamansia glomerata		Western Central Pacific
Neorhodomela larix	Black pine	Eastern Pacific
Neosiphonia ferulacea		Western Indian Ocean and
Neosiphonia harveyi		Northeast Atlantic
Neosiphonia savatieri		Western Central Pacific
Odonthalia floccosa	Sea brush	Eastern Pacific
Odonthalia washingtoniensis	Toothed-twig seaweed	Eastern Pacific
Osmundea hybrida		Western Indian Ocean and
Osmundea pedicularioides		Western Indian Ocean
Osmundea spectabilis	Sea laurel	Eastern Pacific
Palisada corallopsis		Western Central Atlantic
Palisada intermedia		Western Indian Ocean
Palisada patentiramea		Indo-West Pacific.
Palisada perforata	Pepper dulse	Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Palisada surculigera		Western Central Pacific
Palisada thuyoides		Western Indian Ocean
Placophora binderi		Indo-Pacific.
Polysiphonia abscissa		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia anisogona		Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Polysiphonia atlantica		Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
Polysiphonia brodiei		Western Indian Ocean and
Polysiphonia coacta		Western Indian Ocean.
Polysiphonia codicola		Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia crassicollis		Western Indian Ocean.
Polysiphonia denudata		Western Indian Ocean and
Polysiphonia elongata		Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia exilis		Western Central Atlantic
Polysiphonia flabelliformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia fucoides		Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia havanensis		Western Central Atlantic
Polysiphonia howei		Western Central Pacific
Polysiphonia japonica var. savatieri		Southeast Pacific
Polysiphonia kampsaxii		Western Indian Ocean.
Polysiphonia lanosa	Tube weed	Western Central Pacific
Polysiphonia nigra		Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia opaca		Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia pacifica		Eastern Pacific
Polysiphonia platycarpa		Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia scopulorum		Pacific and Atlantic Ocea
Polysiphonia scopulorum var. villum		Western Central Atlantic
Polysiphonia senticulosa		Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia sertularioides		Western Central Atlantic
Polysiphonia stricta		Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia subtilissima		Western Central Pacific
Polysiphonia tuticorinensis		Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia upolensis		Western Central Pacific
Pterosiphonia bipinnata		Eastern Pacific
Pterosiphonia complanata		Northeast Atlantic
Pterosiphonia dendroidea		Southeast Pacific and Nor
Pterosiphonia disticha		Southeast Pacific
Pterosiphonia gracilis		Eastern Pacific
Pterosiphonia paucicorticata		Southeast Pacific
Pterosiphonia pusilla		Southeast Pacific
Rhodomela confervoides		Northeast Atlantic
Rhodomela lycopodioides		Northeast Atlantic
Rytiphlaea tinctoria		Mediterranean Sea.
Spirocladia barodensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Tolypiocladia calodictyon		Western Central Pacific
Tolypiocladia condensata		Western Central Pacific
Tolypiocladia glomerulata		Indo-West Pacific.
Wrightiella blodgettii		Western Central Atlantic
Yuzurua poiteaui		Western Indian Ocean and

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