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Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae

Genus: Dictyota

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27 species (see list below)
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Dictyota acutiloba
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Dictyota alternifida
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Dictyota bartayresiana
[Forded sea tumbleweeds]
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Dictyota binghamiae
[Mermaid's gloves]
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Dictyota canaliculata
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Dictyota ceylanica
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Max. Length 8 cm TL
 
Dictyota ciliolata
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Dictyota crenulata
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Dictyota dichotoma
[Forked ribbons]
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Dictyota fasciola
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Dictyota flabellata
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Dictyota friabilis
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Dictyota furcellata
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Dictyota grossedentata
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Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Dictyota hamifera
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Dictyota humifusa
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Dictyota implexa
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Dictyota intermedia
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Dictyota kunthii
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Dictyota linearis
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Dictyota menstrualis
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Dictyota mertensii
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Dictyota phlyctaenodes
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Dictyota pinnatifida
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Dictyota pulchella
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Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Dictyota rigida
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Dictyota spiralis
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