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| Feathery
green seaweeds compared How to tell them apart? updated Aug 08 |
| These three seaweeds are sometimes confused for one another. Here's more on how to tell them apart. |
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Narrow
feathery green seaweed
Caulerpa taxifolia |
Broad
feathery green seaweed
Caulerpa sertularioides |
Scalpel
green seaweed
Caulerpa scalpelliformis |
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Each
'feather' is narrower than that of the Broad feathery seaweed
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The
tip of the feathery structure sometimes has a 'waist'.
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Narrowest
feathery structure of the three.
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| Central vertical 'stem' is flat. | Central vertical 'stem' is cylindrical. | Central vertical 'stem' is flat |
| Side 'branches' are long. | Side 'branches' are long. | Side 'branches' are short. |
| Side 'branches' are flat and sickle shaped with pointed tips. There is a constriction where the side 'branch' attaches to the vertical 'stem'. | Side 'branches' are cylindrical (not flattened) with pointed tips. | Side 'branches' are flat, broad with rounded tips. |
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These are NOT seaweeds
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