PB_300118 Coralline algae (Jania micrarthrodia) fine and feathery with dense branching, pale pink to pink-grey in colour. Common epiphytically on larger brown algae, especially Cystophora species. All Day Bay, Kakanui *
DSC_8317 Coralline algae (Jania micrarthrodia) detail. Fine and feathery with dense branching, pale pink to pink-grey in colour. Common epiphytically on larger brown algae, especially Cystophora species. All Day Bay, Kakanui
DSC_8314 Coralline algae (Jania rosea) has two growth forms. Shown here is the dense three-dimensionally branched 'bottlebrush' form. Fine, feathery and dense, pale pink to pink-grey in colour. Intertidal to upper subtidal, usually on rock, in a wide range of habitats. All Day Bay, Kakanui