Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Encrusting Fan-Leaf Alga
Lobophora variegata
Encrusting Fan-Leaf Alga
Category: Brown Algae
Scientific Name: Lobophora variegata
Size: 1 to 6 in. (2.5 to 15 cm)  
Depth: 10-330 ft. (3-100 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Ochrophyta (Phylum)
└Phaeophyceae (Class)
 └Dictyotaceae (Family)
  └Lobophora (Genus)
   └L. variegata (Species)

Algae
Brown Algae

Encrusting Fan-Leaf Alga

Leafy Rolled-Blade Alga

White Scroll Alga

Sargassum Seaweed

White-Vein Sargassum

Y Branched Algae



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