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| brown seaweeds text index | photo index |
| Seaweeds > Division Phaeophyta |
| Bracket
brown seaweed Lobophora variegata* Family Dictyotaceae updated Oct 2016 Where seen? Forming flat, fan-shaped clusters encrusting hard surfaces. Some resemble terrestrial bracket fungi or fish scales. They are sometimes seen on our Southern shores, growing on coral rubble near reefs. Features: Thin, flat stiff leathery disks about 2-4cm in diameter, growing in clusters. Only the central portion is attached to the hard surface, the edges are free. Forming disks sometimes with a cleft or notch becoming fan-shaped to kidney-shaped. The edges are paler and may be slightly ruffled. Colours brown or yellowish-brown often with fine yellow lines radiating from the centre to the edges. According to Huisman, those growing in deeper may be entirely upright. Sometimes confused with Scaly red seaweed (Peyssonnelia sp.) which are more encrusting and stiff with a slimy surface. According to AlgaeBase: there are 10 species of Lobophora. |
 Labrador, May 06  |
 Labrador, May 06  |
 Sentosa, Nov 08  |
 Terumbu Selegie, Jun 11  |
*Seaweed species are difficult to positively identify without microscopic examination.
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| Bracket brown seaweeds on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Bracket brown seaweeds for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
| Lobophora
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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