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| Seaweeds > Division Chlorophyta |
| Pimply
green seaweed Dictyosphaeria sp.* Family Siphonocladaceae updated Jan 12 Where seen? This seaweeed that looks like pimply lumps is sometimes seen on some of our Southern shores, growing on coral rubble. It forms small scattered patches among other encrusting organisms. Features: Small clusters (5-7cm) of hollow irregular globular lumps (1-2cm). Made up of a layer of tiny spheres joined together. This is the seaweed's mature form, resulting from an unusual form of division, when it produces a mass of tiny spheres. Immature forms may be firm, irregularly shaped and generally globular. Bright green to bluish green. According to AlgaeBase, there are 11 current Dictyosphaeria species. |
 Raffles Lighthouse, May 04 |
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 Raffles Lighthouse, Jun 07 |
 Raffles Lighthouse, Jun 07 |
Pimply green seaweed on Singapore shores
 Pulau Hantu, Apr 09 |
 Submerged seaweed. |
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 Pulau Biola, Dec 09  |
 Raffles Lighthouse, May 04  |
 Sisters Island, Jan 07  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination of internal parts.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Dictyosphaeria
species recorded for Singapore Pham, M. N., H. T. W. Tan, S. Mitrovic & H. H. T. Yeo, 2011. A Checklist of the Algae of Singapore.
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University of Western Australia Press. 300pp.|
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