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| Bracket
brown seaweed Lobophora variegata* Family Dictyotaceae updated Aug 10 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 from chocolate brown to yellowish brown or orangey. According to Huisman, those growing in deeper may be entirely upright. |
 Labrador, May 06 |
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Bracket brown seaweeds on Singapore shores
 Labrador, May 06  |
 Sentosa, Nov 08  |
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photos of bracket brown seaweeds on Singapore shores
*Seaweed species are difficult to positively identify without microscopic examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| 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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