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Family: Valoniaceae



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11 species (see list below)
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Dictyosphaeria cavernosa
[Green bubble weed]
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Dictyosphaeria ocellata
[]
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Dictyosphaeria versluysii
[Button weed]
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Ernodesmis verticillata
[]
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Valonia aegagropila
[Green sea vesicles]
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Valonia aegagropila var. aegagropila
[]
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Valonia fastigiata
[]
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Valonia macrophysa
[Elongated sea pearls]
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Valonia utricularis
[]

Photo by Jan Messersmith

Pacific Ocean and Western

Valonia ventricosa Agardh, 1887

Photo by Photo by Jan Messersmith
 
Valonia ventricosa
[Sailor's eyeball]
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Ventricaria ventricosa
[Sea pearl]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa Green bubble weed Indo-Pacific and Western
Dictyosphaeria ocellata Western Central Atlantic
Dictyosphaeria versluysii Button weed Southwest Atlantic and Pa
Ernodesmis verticillata Western Central Atlantic
Valonia aegagropila Green sea vesicles Circumtropical to subtrop
Valonia aegagropila var. aegagropila Western Central Pacific
Valonia fastigiata Indo-West Pacific.
Valonia macrophysa Elongated sea pearls Central Pacific and Weste
Valonia utricularis Circumtropical to warm-te
Valonia ventricosa Sailor's eyeball Pacific Ocean and Western 1887
Ventricaria ventricosa Sea pearl Western Central Atlantic 1988



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