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Codium fragile is a dark green siphonous alga that lives in the intertidal zone. It is a fuzzy-looking patch of tubular "fingers" that hang down from the rocks when the tide is out, giving it the common name Dead Man's Fingers.

Taxonomy:

• Phylum Chlorophyta
• Class Chlorophyceae
• Order Codiales
• Family Codiaceae

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Kathy's Codium pages                                                          copyright Kathy Tyson 1996.