Amansia glomerata; Kanaha beach park, Maui

Today a friend and I went to Kanaha beach park to collect some seaweed (marine algae) for a class assignment. We had to collect and identify whatever seaweed we found at our choice of beach.

At Kanaha beach there are many seaweeds, but the one that appeared the most on this stretch of beach was Amansia glomerata. (I call it the hamburger seaweed, because when it grows in clumps it looks like a hamburger patty to me!)
We went to this beach around 3:00 p.m. and as a quick estimate I'd say there was about 30 gallons of Amansia washed up on shore. (that's approximately 250.35 lbs)