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Sample of red seaweed

Hand holding some red seaweed (Pterocladia).

Nikki adds some red seaweed (Pterocladia) to her collection of marine samples.

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Rights: Nikki Webb, Photo by Nicole Hancock.
Published: 11 January 2012Size: 99.75 KB
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