Marine Algae Photos & Classifications

Algae Classifications
From the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Botany pages, classification categories to click on to learn about various types of algae, with most pages including photo images.

Algae Kingdom Classifications
From the European Register of Marine Species, a complete and concise classifications list to understanding the taxonomy and hierarchy of the Algae Kingdom.

Directory of Algal Images
From the University of Ohio website, an Index of algal images grouped by species of Cyanobacteria, Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, Heterokontophyta, Dinophyta, and Euglenophyta.

Hawaiian Reef Algae
From the UH Manoa Botany web site, research and study information about the classification and identification of common genera and species of algae found in Hawaiian waters.  Individual species have picture views.

Marine Algae of New Zealand
From the Seafriends web site, a classification index of the marine alga species found in the waters of and around the New Zealand area.

Marine Algae Photo Galleries
From the Living Reef Images Web Site, here is a very nice collection of marine macroalgae photos grouped for viewing by Red, Brown, and Green types. Each has scientific and common name, range, size and descriptive information included with them.

Marine Plants of Hawai'i
From Brian Tissot's Hawaii Coral Reef Network, scientific name and identification information on Seaweeds, Algaes, and other Marine Plants found in Hawaiian waters.  Some species photos included.

Seaweeds of Hawai'i
Through the Hawaii Coral Reef Network, this algae section is maintained by William H. Magruder & Jeffrey W. Hunt, providing tons of photos with identification and charactertistics information about various Green, Blue-Green, Brown and Red Seaweeds found in Hawaiian waters.