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Unidentified Seaweed/Algae? I found this fluffy, white stuff in a tide pool. I have no idea what it is.<br />
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Habitat: Tidal pool during low tide<br />
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Habitat: Tidal pool during low tide<br />
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Unidentified Seaweed/Algae?

I found this fluffy, white stuff in a tide pool. I have no idea what it is.

Habitat: Tidal pool during low tide

Unidentified Seaweed/Algae? I found this fluffy, white stuff in a tide pool. I have no idea what it is.<br />
<br />
Habitat: Tidal pool during low tide<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99936/unidentified_seaweedalgae.html Geotagged,Summer,United States

    comments (2)

  1. Probably algae or moss, is all I can say for now :-/

    May be you will not find it here but perhaps these web sites can help you with other spottings of the same area:
    https://razottoli.wordpress.com/tide-pools-in-the-rocky-intertidal-2/
    https://www.mass.gov/service-details/cz-tip-learn-what-lurks-in-a-massachusetts-tide-pool
    Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
    1. Thanks for the links, I will check them out! Whatever it is, it was pretty and fluffy ;). Posted 5 years ago

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Uploaded Aug 15, 2020. Captured Aug 12, 2020 11:57 in 36 Potts Point Rd, Harpswell, ME 04079, USA.
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