Species of the Month September 2008
Common name: Green Seafingers
Latin name: Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides
A type of green seaweed (Algae)
- Feels furry or velvety
- Looks like tubular fingers
- Branching dark green seaweed
- Branches in two at the ends
- Covered with tiny spines only visible through a lens
Where to look:
In rockpools on the lower shore and attached to exposed rocks.
The pacific Ocean around Japan, introduced with shellfish.
Effects of warmer seas:
May compete with the British species of green seafingers as sea tempreature rises.