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?
forms a domed clump in water
What happens to green fleece in water?
grow in shallow water
How is the water they grow in?
Red algae
Which type of algae’s pigment absorbs blue light?
calm lagoons, unattached rift algae
What is unique about where graceful redweed lives?
live attached to hardbottom in shallow water
What’s their habitat like?
largely disappear in cold months
What is unique about Dictyota during the winter?
The Keys
What beach is made up of pulverized cactus algae?
in clumps attached to a shell or pebble
How do red grapes grow?
surface covered with encrusting algae
What is unique about Sailor’s eye?
abundant in certain areas of the Florida keys
What area has a large amount of dictyota?
provide buoyancy
What do the bubble-branchlets of red grapes do?
coralline algae
Which algae is actually a pale lavender in life?
broccoli florret or something that could efficiently apply shaving cream
What is shaving brush algae commonly compared to?
Dictyotaceae
Balloon seaweed is distantly related to what other family?
Asian-food lover
Those who like what type of cuisine will enjoy red algae?
How is Hypnea cervicornis different from Hypnea musciformis?