Hawai'i Coral Reef Network

Marine Plants of Hawai'i

Order Gelidiiales

Pterocladia caerulescens
Description: dark green to blackish color; with flattened branches.
Size: 2cm high
Habitat: common in tide pools and on reef flats. Preferred food of green sea turtles (Chelonia midas)

 

 


Last update: 1/25/2005