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Brown Algae

Zonaria sp.

Description:

A small clump of brown algae with flat dark lower branches and twisted paler tips.

Habitat:

Spotted on a tidal zone - Balnarring beach ( Westernport Bay)

Notes:

This could be Zonaria spiralis as seen here:
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxb...
http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/Marine_B...
My thanks to Janine Baker for identifying the genus.
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 20, 2018
Submitted on Jan 27, 2018

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