Green Algae
Brilliant white when bleached in sun.
What is cactus algae?
Turns dark brown on beach.
What is pelagic sargassum?
Have bitter chemicals that discourage grazing by fish
What is iridescent-banded algae?
Where branching coralline algae grows?
What is shallow seagrass beds?
Species that are in the family of Cualerpaceae.
What is Caulerpa species?
Branches connect to a tough holdfast.
What is attached sargassum?
Something that red algae has that can absorb blue light, allowing the plants to live at great depths.
What is photosynthetic pigment?
Red grapes and thicket algae grow here.
What is shallow hard bottom?
Where green algae Caulerpa species live.
What are reefs and seagrass pastures?
Drifts on gulf and Atlantic currents.
What is pelagic sargassum?
A single, enormous cell, one of the largest known to science.
What is Sailor’s eye?
This algae quickly bleaches clear.
What is graceful redweed?
Surface is occasionally covered with encrusting algae of other types.
What is bubble algae?
Greenish-brown, fan-shaped fronds with an in-rolled outer margin.
What is Padina?
Algae that has bitter chemicals to discourage grazing by fish.
What is Iridescent-banded algae?
Branch tips frequently end in sickle hooks.
What is Hypnea?
In the water it forms a domed clump.
What is green fleece algae?
Largely disappear in cold months.
What is Dictoyota?
Contain sugars and protein for buoyancy.
What is bubble-branchlets of red grapes?
Many grow in clumps attached to a shell or pebble.
What is red grapes?