| Dictyotaceae () |
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sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 73 m |
| Atlantic Ocean: Caribbean Sea including Panama, Barbados and Jamaica; Pacific Ocean: south Philippines to Spermonde Archipelago, south Sulawesi, Indonesia; Brazil. |
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Thalli large, dark brown or yellowish brown, strongly attached to hard substrates by a well-developed discoid holdfast. Branching subdichotomous-divaricate, forming angles of less than 90°, narrowing at the distal portion of the thallus. Branches strap-shaped, 4 to 8 mm across, with a distinct midrib running throughout the entire length. Parallel to the midrib on both sides are sori of hairs. Margin of the blades entire to slightly undulate. Cross-section of a ranch shows 2 layers of cells; cells of the midrib polyhedral to quadrangular in surface view. Thalli up to 25 cm in height (Ref. 80758). |
| Used as medicine: antitumor (Ref. 80758). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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