Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Ornate Seaweed
Turbinaria ornata
Ornate Seaweed
Category: Brown Algae
Scientific Name: Turbinaria ornata
Size: Leaf up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Depth: 1-100 ft. (0-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Ochrophyta (Phylum)
└Phaeophyceae (Class)
 └Fucales (Order)
  └Sargassaceae (Family)
   └Turbinaria (Genus)
    └T. ornata (Species)

Algae
Brown Algae

Ornate Seaweed



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