Common marine algae that are "dark encrusting red"

NameNotes
Trail's leaf bearer Erythrodermis traillii (phyllophoraceae)
Key criteria: Gametophytes small flattened blades with marginal proliferations. Found in shady pools in the lower intertidal and subtidal to 15 m. Sporophytes a crust. Widely distributed occasional. lower intertidal intertidal subtidal pool

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