Codium fragile

Codium fragile
Codium fragile on the Massachusetts coast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: UTC clade
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Codiaceae
Genus: Codium
Species:
C. fragile
Binomial name
Codium fragile
(Suringar) Hariot

Codium fragile, known commonly as green sea fingers, dead man's fingers, felty fingers,[1] forked felt-alga, stag seaweed,[2] sponge seaweed,[3] green sponge,[4] green fleece,[5] sea staghorn,[6] and oyster thief,[7] is a species of seaweed in the family Codiaceae. It originates in the Pacific Ocean near Japan and has become an invasive species on the coasts of the Northern Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ Codium fragile (Dead man's fingers, felty fingers). Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Intertidal Organisms EZ ID Guides. Island County Beachwatchers. Washington State University Extension. 2006.
  2. ^ Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest, P. Dee Boersma, Sarah H. Reichard, Amy N. Van Buren, 2006, ISBN 978-0-29598596-1, 208 at Google Books
  3. ^ Guiry, M. D. Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889. In: Guiry, M.D. & G. M. Guiry. (2013). AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
  4. ^ Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides (Dead Man's Fingers). Archived 17 July 2012 at archive.today Marine Invasive Species in Nova Scotia. Benthic Ecology Lab, Dalhousie University. 2001.
  5. ^ Costa, J. Codium algae population explosion in Wareham. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program.
  6. ^ "Sea staghorn • Codium fragile". Biodiversity of the Central Coast. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ^ Oyster Thief (Codium fragile spp. fragile). Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Aquatic Invasive Species. Fisheries and Oceans Canada.