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Algae and water ripples in the harbor of Wellington, New Zealand. (Oct. 22, 2022)
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Coralline algae in Rose Atoll, located in National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. (Photo: Mark Manuel/NOAA)
Close-up of Microcystis bluegreen algae. Maumee Bay, Lake Erie, September 1998. Photo taken by D. Schloesser, USGS, Great Lakes Science Center, late September 1998.
Many species of algae competing for space at Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
Photo credit: Jenny Waddell/NOAA
Rough bubble Algae
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa
(Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932
Description:
The plant forms a large, green, hollow, nearly spherical mass that may be lobed or may collapse or rupture but continues to grow; up to 10 cm in diameter. The wall is crisp, crunchy and show large, angular cells. Differentiated from smooth bubble algae because of the visibility of individual cells (1 mm in size) that make up the algae. They form convoluted, hollow colonies of a continuous layer of green cells.
Habitat:
It grows in most reef environments, attached to rocky substrates and areas of dead coral. On occasion it covers extensive areas, especially under high nutrient levels.
Distribution:
South Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.
Sources:
-http://species-identification.org/
-http://www.biol.andrews.edu/