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Green Sponge

Amphimedon viridis

Classification

Codium fragile, known commonly as green sea fingers, dead man's fingers, felty fingers, forked felt-alga, stag seaweed, sponge seaweed, green sponge, green fleece, sea staghorn, and oyster thief, 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. Description This siphonous green alga is of two subspecies in Ireland and Great Britain.

Distribution

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United States of America · 33United Kingdom · 27Brazil · 23France · 19Mexico · 10Netherlands · 5