algae
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Both are small, with cone-shaped shells measuring about 6 mm in length, and they live on limestone rocks where they feed on algae and lichens.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Think mushroom leather, spider-silk filaments, membranes of algae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Clips of bioluminescent algae and a tiny sea slug were among the highly commended.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Shortly after reopening, the water turned green with algae.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Stiffer algae of a darker kind joined it.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
The alga, native to the Southern Ocean, starts as a single-cell that can transform into millimeter scale colonies.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
Blue-green algae is not actually an alga but rather a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
This is the first recorded example of an alga practicing an aquatic equivalent to pollination.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2022
The alga could be providing a place for younger isopods to hide from predators, as Idotea is often the same color as the plant.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
She is curious; she wants to know the difference between an alga and a lichen, a Diplodon char- ruanus and a Diplodon delodontus.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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