Valonia aegagropila C. Agardh
Green sea vesicles
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Family:  Valoniaceae ()
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Environment:  sessile; marine; depth range 1 - 65 m
Distribution:  Circumtropical to subtropical.
Diagnosis:  Thallus dark olive-green to brown, composed of many shiny, fluid-filled, club-shaped segments, 3 to 13 mm long and 2 to 3.5 mm broad and arranged in tiers with 2 to 5 segments arising from 1 lower segment. Segments loosely or compactly attached to one another by disc-like hapteral extensions. Clumps of thalli up to 5 cm in diameter (Ref. 80758).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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