Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot

Japanese: カギノリ(鉤海苔) - カギノリ（英語表記）Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot

This beautiful red alga (illustration) of the Ploceaceae family has a hook-like attachment organ at the tip of its body, which it uses to entangle itself with other seaweeds as it grows. The body has a main axis 1.5 to 2 mm in diameter, and many large and small branches extend in all directions. Some of the ends of the branches are bent into hooks, but most are thin and soft like hair, giving the whole plant a bushy appearance. It is known to be distributed in northern Europe, the Pacific coast of the United States, and the waters off Japan, and in Japan it grows from near the low tide line to the bathyal zone along the coasts of all areas except Hokkaido and the Ryukyu Islands.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

体の先端にかぎ状の付着器官をもち，これで他の海藻に絡まりついて生育するカギノリ科の美しい紅藻（イラスト）。体は直径1.5～2mmの主軸をもち，大小の枝を各方向に多数出す。枝の先はかぎ状に曲がるものもあるが，多くは毛のように細くてやわらかいので，全体はふさふさした感じとなる。北部ヨーロッパ，アメリカ太平洋沿岸および日本近海に分布が知られ，日本では北海道と南西諸島を除く各地沿岸の低潮線付近から漸深帯にかけて生育する。

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