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| Seaweeds > Division Phaeophyta |
| Veined
branched brown seaweed Dictyopteris sp.* Family Dictyotaceae updated Jan 13 Where seen? This veined strap-like brown seaweed is often seen on some of our Southern shores, attached to coral rubble. Features: Clumps of flat blades about 1-2cm wide and 10cm long. The narrow strap-like blades branch regularly near on the same plane into flat strips of about equal width. There is an obvious 'mid-rib vein' down the centre of the blade up to the tips, which may be paler. Colours brown, yellowish brown or olive brown. According to AlgaeBase: there are more than 30 current Dictyopteris species. Human uses: It is eaten by people and is believed to have antibacterial and antitumor properties. |
 Cyrene Reef, Apr 08  |
 Cyrene Reef, Jun 08  |
 Pulau Jong, Jul 06  |
 Lazarus Island, Feb 11  |
*Seaweed species are difficult to positively identify without microscopic examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Veined branch brown seaweed on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Veined branch brown seaweeds for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
| Dictyopteris
species recorded for Singapore Pham, M. N., H. T. W. Tan, S. Mitrovic & H. H. T. Yeo, 2011. A Checklist of the Algae of Singapore.
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