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Name derivation:

 

Classification:

Lobophora J. Agardh 1894; 21 of 28 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).

Order Dictyotales; Family Dictyotaceae

Morphology:

Thallus up to 20 cm in length with broad fronds. A row of apical cells increases size.

Similar genera:

 

Habitat:

Tropical oceans, shallow.

 

References:

Agardh, J.G. 1894. Analecta algologica, observationes de speciebus algarum minus cognitae earumque dispositione. Continuatio I. Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Andra Afdelningen, Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Handlingar 29(9): 1-144, 2 plates.

Guiry, M.D., and G.M. Guiry 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2013.