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Genus Macrocystis:
| Macrocystis pyrifera, (Giant) Brown Kelp.
Perhaps the largest, fastest growing organism on the planet. Up to
two hundred or so feet long, up to two feet more a day. Here
off the Coast of California in San Diego. Sometimes shown in Public
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Genus Padina:
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boergesenii, Sonder, 1871. Leafy
Rolled-Blade Algae, tropical West Atlantic. 4-6 inches. Here in
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| Padina gymnospora, (Keutzing) Sonder, 1871.
Concentric bands of lightly calcified in-rolled blades. Roatan 2017. |
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| Padina sp., Scroll Algae, a
calcium carbonate encrusting Brown Algae in the wild or marine
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Genus Pelagophycus:
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Pelagophycus porra (Léman)
Setchell 1908; Elk (horn) Kelp. This large (up to more than 90' long) Brown
Algae is found along the W. N. Am. coast; Pt. Conception to San Benito
Island, Baja. Here a juv. form is attached along the wreck Yukon off San
Diego in about a hundred foot depths. Thus far it's comprised of a small
pneumatocyst (air filled bladder), a securing holdfast (not shown) and two
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Genus Sargassum:
| Sargassum sp. Cebu, Philippines. Some
species in this genus are attached as here, and others
free-floating. |
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Sargassum aquifolium (Turner) C. Agardh 1820 S. Leyte.
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| Sargassum fluitans. Sargassum
seaweed, Gulf Weed. This is one of the principal algae that makes
up the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic. Has long, serrated fronds with
distinctive white mid-rib, smooth spherical gas bladders. Here in
Cozumel 08. |
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| Sargassum hystrix, White-Vein Sargassum.
Distinctive white central areas on green to brown thalli. Common in
the tropical West Atlantic. 4-16 inches in height. Bahamas
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