Bryopsis plumosa. Small green feather-like alga (compare size of barnacle in image). Coenocytic (=no cellular divisions) so chloroplasts accessible to Elysia viridis and Limapontia capitata with minimum piercing effort. Menai Strait, Wales.
Bryopsis plumosa. Small green feather-like alga (compare size of barnacle in image). Coenocytic (=no cellular divisions) so chloroplasts accessible to Elysia viridis and Limapontia capitata with minimum piercing effort. Menai Strait, Wales.
Bryopsis plumosa. Small green feather-like alga (compare size of barnacle in image). Coenocytic (=no cellular divisions) so chloroplasts accessible to Elysia viridis and Limapontia capitata with minimum piercing effort. Menai Strait, Wales.