Species

Sea Beech

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Phylum: RHODOPHYCOTA

Kindom: Plantae

Size: finger tip to wrist 15-20 cm

Habitats: rock and boulders,on other plants and animals,wreckage

Distribution: common

Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m

Sightings: 12

Description: Delesseria sanguinea is a common and bright red perennial alga with flat leaf-like red blades rising from a discoid holdfast. The blades are monostromatic, that is composed of a layers of single cells, and can grow to 25 cm long. Each blade rises from a cylindrical stipe, the stalk-like part, which branches only at near the base. Each blade may 8 cm wide and show a clear midrib with lateral veins. The tips of the blades are rounded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delesseria_sanguinea

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