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Bottlebrush green seaweed - Caulerpa webbiana Is the little patch of green algae in the middle, the one with pine-like ramifications, not the one in the left below it. It is surrounded by Lobophora variegata (next posting). Bottlebrush green seaweed,Caulerpa webbiana,Geotagged,Spain,Spring Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Bottlebrush green seaweed - Caulerpa webbiana

Is the little patch of green algae in the middle, the one with pine-like ramifications, not the one in the left below it. It is surrounded by Lobophora variegata (next posting).

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''Caulerpa webbiana'', commonly known as bottlebrush green seaweed, is a species of seaweed in the family ''Caulerpaceae''.

The seaweed has an olive green to bright green thallus that spreads outward to around 12 to 20 centimetres forming dense clumps on coral rubble among seagrasses. The stems are about 4 to 6 centimetres in length and have small bristles composed of many fine branched filaments, that are arranged in whorls around the stolon in the middle so that it resembles a stiff.. more

Similar species: Bryopsidales
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Dec 3, 2019. Captured May 1, 2019 16:19 in Paseo Barrilla, 17, 35510 Tías, Las Palmas, Spain.
  • TG-5
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 18mm