Phylum: Rhodophyta

Class: Florideophycidae

Order: Corallinales

Family: Corallinaceae

Bossiella sp.(Silva)

Description: This plant is erect, 4-12 cm. tall, arising from an encrusting layer attached securely to the substrate. It is reddish-pink in colour. The erect portion is an irregular dichotomously branched system of jointed segments.

Habitat: On rocks in the lower intertidal and subtidal zones.

Pacific Coast Distribution: British Columbia to California.

Robert Scagel, 1972

Bossiella in tide pool with S. purpuratus	Subtidal Bossiella	Bleached Bossiella with Corallina in foreground