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Scientific name |
Cystophora retorta |
Common names |
Open-branched Cystophora |
Life on the Edge |
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Group |
Brown Algae |
Where to find |
Rockpools and subtidal |
Description |
| All Cystophora have flattened axes. This Cystophora has a distinctive squiggly shape, few air bladders, long, thin final branches and regular rounded forking of lower branchlets. Up to 1.2 m long
Cystophora are important canopy-forming algae at the Bluff. |
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