Ahnfeltia plicata by Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Ahnfeltia plicata by Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Description: The holdfast is up to 2.5 cm (1 in) wide and composed of a thin layer encrusting the rock substrate. The frond's reddish-black colour results from the red pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin. Their colour is so intense that it masks the presence of other pigments, chlorophyll a and beta-Carotene. Some unique xanthophylls are also present in this seaweed. The Wire weed could be confused with Cordylecladia erecta but that species is less common and is thicker with more rigid, regularly branched fronds.
Wire Weed 2009-10-04
Wire Weed 1992-07-02
Wire Weed 1992-07-02
Wire Weed 1992-07-02
Wire Weed 1992-07-02