Life Form Search

Click on a life form to see thumbnail images of species with that form from our database:

RHODOPHYTA (Red Algae)

• Finely Filamentous
• Delicate Membranes
• Soft and Gelatinous
• Wiry
• Firm
• Leathery
• Jointed Calcareous
• Calcified Crusts, Knobbed or Branched (not yet included)

PHAEOPHYCEAE (Brown Algae)

• Finely Filamentous
• Saccate or Coarsely Branched
• Crustose or Fan-Shaped Blades
• Strap-like Blades

CHLOROPHYTA (Green Algae)

• Finely Filamentous
• Membranes and Crusts
• Coarsely Branched, Non-Calcareous
• Jointed Calcareous

CYANOBACTERIA (Blue Green Algae or Cyanophyta)

• Flocculent mats (difficult to collect, disperses in water column)
• Filamentous tangled mass
• Mucilaginous goo clustered puff or thick gooey mat
• Wick-like bundle or cluster
• Undulating or finger-like masses