Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Encrusting Fan-Leaf Alga
Lobophora variegata
Encrusting Fan-Leaf Alga
Category: Brown Algae
Scientific Name: Lobophora variegata
Size: 1 to 6 in. (2.5 to 15 cm)  
Depth: 10-330 ft. (3-100 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Ochrophyta (Phylum)
└Phaeophyceae (Class)
 └Dictyotales (Order)
  └Dictyotaceae (Family)
   └Lobophora (Genus)
    └L. variegata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 145381🔗
iNaturalist ID: 131277🔗

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