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?
Has twisted, dark green straps with stalks attached to rhizomes.
What is common caulerpa?
Greenish-brown, fan-shaped fronds.
What is padina?
Have a photosynthetic pigment that absorbs blue light.
What is red algae?
Fragile pale-pink branches with stubby branchlets.
What is spiny seaweed?
Has pale yellow rhizomes with green branches.
What is grape caulerpa?
Olive-brown fronds with smooth margins.
What is dictyota?
An endpoint for pelagic sargassum.
What is the mid-Atlantic Sargasso Sea?
Quickly bleaches clear.
What is graceful redweed?
Forked, spongy green fingers.
What is green fleece?
Golden bouquets of pyramid-shaped fronds.
What is three-cornered hat algae?
One of the largest cells known to science.
What is sailor’s eye?
Flat, evenly forked branches.
What is thicket algae?
Looks like a thin broccoli floret.
What is shaving brush algae?
Leathery leaves covered by faint dots.
What is attached sargassum?
There is no distinction between individual cells.
What is coenocytic?
Branch tips frequently end in sickle hooks.
What is hypnea?