C. Bird's & C. Pross's Seaweeds of Gaff Point/Hirtle's Beach

Green Seaweeds (Chlorophyta)

These seaweeds on Hirtle's Beach and at the Gaff Point headland were collected and photographed by Catherine Pross in the period 2002-2004 with the collaboration of Carolyn J. Bird of the National Research Council laboratory in Halifax, Nova Scotia who also identified the species.

Photographer: Catherine Pross

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Acrosiphonia Arcta

Acrosiphonia arcta (Dillwyn) Gain, 1912
May 5, 2004

Acrosiphonia Arcta

Acrosiphonia arcta (Dillwyn) Gain, 1912
May 5, 2004

Blidingia minima

Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex KŸtzing) Kylin, 1947
(lesser grass-kelp)
May 5, 2004

Chaetomorpha melagonium

Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & Mohr) KŸtzing, 1845
May 5, 2004

Cladophora ruchingeri

Cladophora ruchingeri (C.Agardh) KŸtzing, 1845 (lesser grass-kelp)
August 17, 2002

Codium fragile

Codium fragile subsp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889
(sponge seaweed)
Aug 6, 2002

Monostroma grevillei

Monostroma grevillei (Thuret) Wittrock, 1866Ê
May 5, 2002

Monostroma grevillei

Monostroma grevillei (Thuret) Wittrock, 1866Ê
May 5, 2002

Protomonostroma undulatum f. pulchrum

Protomonostroma undulatum f. pulchrum (Farlow) M.J.Wynne, 1986
May 5, 2004

Rhizoclonium tortuosum

Rhizoclonium tortuosum(Dillwyn) KŸtzing, 1845
Sep 9, 2002

Spongomorpha aeruginosa

Spongomorpha aeruginosa (Linnaeus) Hoek, 1963Ê (sponge seaweed)
Aug 17, 2002

Ulva intestinalis

Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753 (gut weed or grass-kelp)
Sep 9, 2002