DSC_3136 Iridescent blue seaweed (Champia laingii) a low intertidal to subtidal red algae, which often occurs around the margins of shallow pools. Colour is a brilliant blue or green iridescence when fresh. Maitai Bay, Karikari Peninsula *
P_3070045 Iridescent blue seaweed (Champia laingii) detail of irridescent fronds. A low intertidal to subtidal red algae, which often occurs around the margins of shallow pools. Colour is a brilliant blue or green iridescence when fresh. Island Bay, Wellington *
PC_10140 Red seaweed or karengo (Pyropia sp.) underwater view in tidal pool in early summer. Exposed on rocks at low tide in mid-winter, and extremely seasonal. This seaweed grows in dense mats from mid-winter to spring, usually on open coasts were there is some protection from direct wave action. Brighton Beach
