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Created 5/14/2013

Family Dichotomosiphonaceae

CIRCUMTROPICAL

Avrainvillea nigricans

Key West, FL, 30 feet

 

Stock Island, FL, 3 feet

SOFT FAN ALGA

Common in seagrass beds and sand flats.  Soft & rubbery with a leathery surface.  Attains 8 inches.  Tropical Atlantic, Indian, and Western Pacific.