divepix - Y-Branched Alga, or Y Branched Alga

Y-Branched Alga, or Y Branched Alga

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:	-

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