British Columbia Estuary Mapping System

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APPENDIX B Marine Species Lists

Species

Common name/description

CYANOBACTERIA

BLUE GREEN ALGAE

Various spp

 

BACILLARIOPHYTA

DIATOMS

Loose skeins on mud

 

On rocks, on seaweeds

 

CHLOROPHYTA

GREEN ALGAE

Acrosiphonia spp

green rope weed

Blidingia spp

 

Cladophora spp

branching green filament seaweed

Codium fragile

dark green finger seaweed

Codium setchellii

dark green spongy seaweed

Enteromorpha spp

wrinkled green tube seaweed

Monostroma spp

mono-layer sea lettuce

Prasiola spp

green guano seaweed

Rhizoclonum spp

tangled drk grn filament on mud

Ulva teaniata

sea lettuce

Ulva fenestrata

perforated sea lettuce

Ulva spp

sea lettuce

Various planktonic, pools

 

Unbranched filaments

green sea hair

unidentified spp

 

PHAEOPHYTA

BROWN ALGAE

Var. encrusting

 

Agarum spp

solid broad kelp

Alaria marginata

short stipe alaria

Alaria nana

small alaria

Alaria spp

long stipe alarias

Analipus abietina

yellow bottle brush

Coilodesme bulligera

flat sac

Colpomenia spp

globose sac

Costaria costata

multi-ribbed searsucker

Cymothere triplicata

multi-ribbed smooth blade

Desmarestia aculeata

fine branched brown

Desmarestia ligulata

broad branched brown

Egregia menziesii

feather boa

Fucus gardneri

common brown rock weed

Fucus spp

hairy pit rock weed

Haplogloia andersonii

furry soft branch

Hedophyllum sessile

sea cabbage

Laminaria groenlandica

flaccid dissected laminaria

Laminaria saccharina

sugar kelp

Laminaria setchellii

stiff laminaria

Leathesia difformis

convoluted yellow sac

Lessoniopsis littoralis

knarled tough root weed

Macrocystis integrifolia

branching giant kelp

Melanosiphon intestinalis

yellow spagetti weed

Nereocystis luetkeana

bull kelp

Ralfsia spp

yellow-brown thin crust

Sargassum muticum

japanese weed

Scytosiphon lomentaria

mini-sausage links

unidentified spp

 

RHODOPHYTA

RED ALGAE

Ahnfeltia spp

thick wiry dark weed

Antithamnion spp

red branching fluff

Bangia vermicularis

red sea hair

Bonnemaisonia nootkana

delicate red feather

Bossiella spp

 

Calliarthron spp

 

Calliarthron/Bossiella spp

broad joint corallines

Callithamnion pikeanum

dark elongate seamoss

Callophyllis, spp

non-veined red leafy

Ceramium spp

micro-cross bands

Corallina vancouveriensis

bushy cylindrical coralline

Corallina pilulifera

 

Cumagloia andersoni

gelatinous spiny fat branches

Cryptopleura ruprechtiana

ruffled net vein

Cryptosiphonia woodii

dark branching knob tip

Delessaria decipiens

veinless leaflet edged

Endocladia muricata

thin dark spiny wires

Erythrophyllum delesserioides

tattered veined leaf

Gastroclonium subarticulatum

narrow neck branching cylinders

Gelidium coulteri

 

Gelidium purpurescens

blunt-tip candelabra

Gigartina corymbifera

broad turkish towel

Gigartina exasperata

elongate turkish towel

Gigartina spp

 

Gloiopeltis furcata

small gelatinous sparse branching

Gracilaria spp

large gelatinous irregular branching

Gymnogongrus leptophyllus

short bifurcated-tip straps

Gymnogongrus linearis

long bifurcated-tip straps

Halosaccion glandiforme

fine spray sea sacs

Hildenbrandia occidentalis

dark red thin crust

Hymenena spp

 

Iridaea cordata

purple iridescent broad blades

Iridaea cornucopiae

yellow-brown flaring small blades

Iridaea heterocarpa

brownish iridescent broad blades

Iridaea lineare

purple, rubbery elongate blades

Laurencia spectabilis

flat stiff pinnate branches

Lithothamnion/Lithophyllum, etc

red calcareous crust

Mastocarpus papillatus

small papillate straps

Membranoptera dimorpha

veined leaflet edged

Microcladia borealis

one sided round branches

Microcladia coulteri

alternate sided round branches

Neorhodomela larix

black tufted bottle brush

Nemalion helminthoides

brown spagetti

Nienburgia andersoniana

spiny lateral bladelets

Odonthalia spp

dark dense knob-tip branches

Opuntiella californica

ovoid & lateral bladelets

"Petrocelis" stage

thick tarspots

Phycodrys setchellii

veined blades on stolon

Pikea californica

pointed-tip candelabra

Plocamium cartilagineum

alternate sided outcurved flat branches

Plocamium violaceum

alternate sides incurved flat branches

Polyneura latissima

smooth net vein

Polysiphonia spp

tier-celled fine tufts

Porphyra spp

translucent steel grey/purplish green

Prionitis lanceolata

small lateral blades on lance

Prionitis linearis

wiry spiny tips

Prionitis lyalli

lateral lances on lance

Ptilota spp

serrate edged blades

Rhodochorton purpureum

light red shaded crust

Rhodoglossum affine

short dichotomous twisted branches

Rhodomenia pertusa

perforated red broad blades

Sarcodiotheca gaudichaudii

large one-plane pink branching

Schizymenia pacifica

broad soft slippery blades

Stenogramme interrupta

broad bifurcate straps

unidentified filamentous spp

 

unidentified leafy spp

 

unidentified red algae spp

 

unidentified spp

 


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