Narragansett Bay Biota Gallery
Algae

Phaeophyceans (Brown) Ascophyllum nodosum (Common name: knotted wrack) Desmarestia aculeata Ectocarpus siliculosus Fucus sp. (Common name: rock weed) Laminaria digitata (Common name: fingered kelp) Laminaria saccharina (Common name: sugar kelp) Leathesia difformis (Common name: sea potato) Petalonia fascia Scytosiphon simplicissimus (Common name: sausage weed)	Chlorophytes (Green) Bryopsis plumosa Chaetomorpha linum Cladophora sericea Codium fragile (Common names: Oyster thief, green fleece, Sputnik weed, Dead man's fingers) Enteromorpha sp. Protomonostroma undulatum Urospora penicilliformis Ulva lactuca (Common name: sea lettuce)
Rhodophytes (Red) Bonnemaisonia hamifera Champia parvula Chondria capillaris Chondria dasyphylla Chondrus crispus (Common name: Irish moss) Coccotylus truncatus Corallina officinalis Cystoclonium purpureum Dasya baillouviana Dumontia contorta Grateloupia doryphora Grinnellia americana	Hildenbrandia rubra Lomentaria orcadensis Palmaria palmata (Common name: dulse) Phycodrys rubens (Common name: sea oak) Polyides rotundus Polysiphonia lanosa Polysiphonia subtilissima Porphyra umbilicalis (Common name: nori) Spermothamnion repens

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Algae: Phaeophyceans (Brown)
Algae: Chlorophytes (Green)
Algae: Rhodophytes (Red)

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