Phylum: Chlorophyta

Class: Chlorphyceae

Order: Codiales

Family: Codiaceae

Codium fragile(Suringar) Hariot

Description: This plant is dark green in colour, erect, up to 40 cm. high, dichotomously branched, with several orders of cylindrical branches, 3-10 mm. in diameter. It arises from a broad, spongy basal disk.

Habitat: Growing attached to rocks in the middle and lower intertidal zones and upper subtidal zone; common in large tide pools.

Pacific Coast Distribution: Alaska to Mexico.

Robert Scagel, 1972

Codium fragile showing staghorn morphology	C. fragile attached to substrate
C. fragile with E. menziesii this photo from the Bamfield Marine Station	C. fragile on underside of rock