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Found throughout southern Australia,<br />

dead man’s fi ngers is a large dark<br />

green alga with cylindrical branches that<br />

regularly branch into two. They can appear<br />

fuzzy underwater due to the presence<br />

of fi ne hairs but actually have a fi rm but<br />

spongy texture, which feels like velvet.<br />

Dead man’s fi ngers belong to a group<br />

of algae referred to as Codium.<br />

Dead man’s<br />

fi ngers

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