Phylum: Rhodophyta

Class: Florideophycidae

Order: Corallinales

Family: Corallinaceae

Bossiella sp.(Silva)

Description: This plant is erect, 4-12 cm. tall, arising from an encrusting layer attached securely to the substrate.  It is reddish-pink in colour.  The erect portion is an irregular dichotomously branched system of jointed segments.

Habitat:  On rocks in the lower intertidal and subtidal zones.

Pacific Coast Distribution:  British Columbia to California.

Other Rhodophytes or Red Algae at Race Rocks

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The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.  Ryan Murphy