| Aspect: | Flat blades, usually green or green with blue or brown tones, that fork off in Y patterns - hence their English designation. Can spread over relatively wide surfaces. |
| Population: | Widespread. |
| Notable feature: |
Belongs to the Brown Algae category in spite of its usually predominent green colour (algae are subdivided into four colours: Brown, Green, Red and Blue-Green. |
| Environment: | Can grow over many substrates, and as exemplified by some of the photographs herewith, can even develop over leaf corals. |
| Behaviour: | - |
Last update: 22/10/15
Y-Branched Alga, or Y Branched Alga
- French designation: Algue Dictoyote
- Latin designation: Dictoyota sp.
- Phylum: Phaetophyta
- Size (cm): 10-15 (long)
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