Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Marine Botany

Chondracanthus exasperatus

aka Turkish Towel, can you see why?  
Taxonomy   

Division: Rhodophyta      
Class: Rhodophyceae       
Order: Gigartinales   
Family: Gigartinaceae      
Genus/Species: Chondracanthus exasperatus (formerly Gigartina exasperata)

Macro- and Micromorphology      

Reproduction and Life History     

Geographical Distribution and Ecology  

Drift Studies   

Iridescence       

Aquaculture        

References

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