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Ceramiales, Rhodomelaceae

Bostrychia tenella (Lamouroux) J. Agardh

Bostrychia tenella (Lamouroux) J. Agardh photoIn natural habitat (view from on land).
Photo Data
Place
: Sukorn Island, Trang.
Depth
: +0.5 m
The plants have decumbent main axes that are cylindrical, with branchlets arising alternately in one plane. The apices of the branches and branchlets curve downward. This seaweed forms a dense turf on rocks and in rock crevices exposed to splashing water.

Bostrychia tenella (Lamouroux) J. Agardh photo2
Fresh specimen.
Bostrychia tenella (Lamouroux) J. Agardh photo3
Microscopic view of the terminal portion of branches.