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Plants & algae

Dragons Breath

Halymenia durvillei

Also known as: Branched Halymenia, Dragon's Tongue, Flame Algae, Leaf Algae, Lettuce Algae, Red Algae, Red Seaweed, Seaweed

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@blogie · Tagpopongan, Island Garden City of Samal, Philippines · May 20121 / 1
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Overview

Found attached to rocks and coral reef structures in large groves, in moderately wave-exposed water. Most common in the lower intertidal and shallow subtidal zones at 1 to 10m, though recorded down to 51m.

As many as 9000 species of algae are spread across the worlds oceans, some can be as much as 30 metres across while others are just a slippery scum over rocks.
Algae grows wherever there is enough light and life supporting conditions.
They support a huge number of marine life both for food and as a home.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found attached to rocks and coral reef structures in large groves, in moderately wave-exposed water. Most common in the lower intertidal and shallow subtidal zones at 1 to 10m, though recorded down to 51m.

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  • Mac· 4 Mar 2016

    needs more info like the class, order, genus, and species

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomPlantae
  2. phylumRhodophyta
  3. classFlorideophyceae
  4. orderHalymeniales
  5. familyHalymeniaceae
  6. genusHalymenia
  7. speciesHalymenia durvillei Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828

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