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Macroalgae?


xerophyte_nyc

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xerophyte_nyc

There's a cluster of them on one side of a piece of uncured Manado rock. They appear to be some sort of macroalgae, maybe a plating coralline algae?? Any ideas?

 

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carbon-mantis

Baby mermaid's fan doesn't look like that. It'd probably have to grow more, or the OP would need a better picture, for a more conclusive ID(unless someone like John Maloney lays the ID smackdown).

 

I'm betting $0.05 that it's a red algae of some sort.

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xerophyte_nyc
Baby mermaid's fan doesn't look like that. It'd probably have to grow more, or the OP would need a better picture, for a more conclusive ID(unless someone like John Maloney lays the ID smackdown).

 

I'm betting $0.05 that it's a red algae of some sort.

 

Most likely it is a red algae...Padina is a possibility, morphologically looks like Lobophora except that it is red, not brown. Udotea is also unlikely, the pics I see online are all green.

 

As it grows I will take a better photo. Thanks for the help!

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