Red & Purple Algae

Red & Purple Algae
Red & Purple Algae

Red algae actually vary in color from straw-yellow to deep-purple or black in appearance.

Agardh's Red Weed - Agardhiella subulata is very common and grows in tufts and clumps to about 12" in sunny shallow areas.

Laver or Porphyra ( above ) is similar to Ulva in many ways, although unrelated. It grows interspersed with Ulva in shallow sunny areas, and like Ulva, it is edible.

Red & Purple Algae
A common purple type known as Dasya or Chenille Weed.

Remedios Pascual
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, Spain
Built:
1885, Canada, as Stalwart
Specs:
( 216 x 40 ft ) 1605 gross tons, 21 crew
Sunk:
Saturday January 3, 1903
ran aground in bad weather - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

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