Codium ritteri

Coarse spongy cushion

Authority: Setchell & N.L.Gardner

Thallus is coarse, green spongy cushions up to 4 cm (1.5 in) tall and 10 cm (4 in) in diameter. The minute dots visible to the naked eye on the surface of the cushions are the tips of swollen filaments, a distinction from Codium setchellii.

Habitat

This species is found in semi-exposed to semi-protected areas on bedrock or large boulders in the low intertidal and subtidal to depths of 24 m (79 ft).