Marine Plants of Hawai'i
Order Dictyotales
| Dictyoperis australis |
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| Description: brown color with dark spots; flat blades 1-2cm wide
with midrib. Produces strong odor. |
| Size: from 10-40 cm |
| Habitat: abundant deep water seaweed. found in dense beds at depths
of 3-20 meter. |
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| Dictyoperis plagiogramma |
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| Description: similar to D. australis but smaller. Brown
with ruffled margins and a midrib. |
| Size: 5-20 cm high and narrow blades, of 0.5 -1 cm wide |
| Habitat: on rocky shores at about zero tide level and on reef
flats. and outside reef crests in deeper water. |
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| Dictyota acutiloba |
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| Description: flat small twisted blades forming Y pattern and lacks
midrib. size varies from 3-20cm and light brown in color. |
| Size: |
| Habitat: commonly found in tide pools and reef flats and deeper
subtidal habitats. |
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| Dictyota sandvicensis |
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| Description: exhibits a yellow green iridescence. Blades of 2-5mm
wide lack midribs, branches in a Y pattern. |
| Size: grows to 12cm high. |
| Habitat: in tide pools and on reef flats. |
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| Lobophora variegata |
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| Description: flat orange to dark brown seaweed 1-8cm across, grows
over rocky substrate attached in only a few places. disk shaped. |
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| Padina australis |
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| Description: flat blade, with rolled edges, light brown in color
and slightly calcified, blades may be split. Attached by single holdfast. |
| Size: 5-20 cm tall |
| Habitat: in deep tidepools and on reef flats. |
| Photograph: Onekahakaha Beach Park, Hilo Hawai'i. 1996 |
| Padina japonica |
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| Description: flat blade rolled into a circle, upper surface is
whitish, lower surface brownish. Tends to be smaller then P. australis, with blades
not split. |
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| Stypopodium hawaiiensis |
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| Description: beautiful iridescent blue or green color. consists of
many flat blades without the in-rolled margin as in the species Padina. |
| Size: |
| Habitat: on wave swept beaches and reef flats, brightly colored so
is noticeable. |
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