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Red Rags

Dilsea carnosa by Matthieu Sontag is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Dilsea carnosa by Matthieu Sontag is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Phylum: RHODOPHYCOTA
Kindom: Plantae
Size: finger tip to wrist 15-20 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,wreckage
Distribution: common
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m
Sightings: 3

Description: This large alga is dark red, flattened and somewhat leathery. It grows from a small discoid base. The mature blade has a compact medulla enclosed within a cortex of rounded cells inwards and outwards of close radial filaments of about 6 cells. It grows from a discoid holdfast with a short stipe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilsea_carnosa

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Red Rags 1992-07-22

Red Rags 2002-08-23

Red Rags 1992-07-02