Summary description from Wikipedia:

Colpomenia in languages:

Chinese

囊藻屬

English

Puff-ball Algae

Japanese

フクロノリ属

Korean

불레기말속

Swedish

ostrontjuvar

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Parent Taxon

• Scytosiphonaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Chnoospora
• Colpomenia
• Dactylosiphon
• Endarachne
• Hapterophycus
• Hydroclathrus
• Iyengaria
• Melanosiphon
• Petalonia
• Planosiphon
• Pseudochnoospora
• Rosenvingea
• Scytosiphon
• Stragularia

Child Taxa

• Colpomenia claytoniae
• Colpomenia ecuticulata
• Colpomenia mollis
• Colpomenia nainativensis
• Colpomenia peregrina
• Colpomenia ramosa
• Colpomenia sinuosa
• Colpomenia tuberculata

Top Observation Places

• Auckland
• North Shore