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Gut weed

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Gut weed

Gut weed (Enteromorpha intestinalis) is usually found in high-tide rock pools or around freshwater seepages on the upper shore. This bright green seaweed has distinctive tubular fronds full of air bubbles.

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by Iona Wassilieff

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Maggy Wassilieff, Seaweed – Types of seaweed, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4588/gut-weed (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.