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Malta Rocky Beaches
Anadyomenaceae
Caulerpaceae
Cladophoraceae
Cladostephaceae
Common Name: Papyrus Print Alga
Maltese Name: Alga tal-Istilel
Specific Name: Anadyomene stellata
Family: Anadyomenaceae
Thallus Shape:
Branching: No Visible Branching
Colour: Green
Other Features: Fanned Cell Rows
Codiaceae
Corallinaceae
Dasycladaceae
Dictyotaceae
Common Name: Green Grape Alga
Maltese Name: Gheneb tal-Bahar
Specific Name: Caulerpa racemosa
Family: Caulerpaceae
Thallus Shape: Stipitate, Stoloniferous
Branching: Irregular
Colour: Green
Other Features: Grape-like
Common Name: Cladophora
Maltese Name: Xuxa Hadra tal-Blat
Specific Name: Cladophora sp.
Family: Cladophoraceae
Thallus Shape: Branched
Branching: Irregular
Colour: Green
Common Name: Hairy Sand Weed
Maltese Name: Denb il-Qattus
Specific Name: Cladostephus spongiosus
Family: Cladostephaceae
Thallus Shape: Branched
Branching: Dichotomous
Colour: Brown
Common Name: Sponge Ball Alga
Maltese Name: Alga sponza
Specific Name: Codium bursa
Family: Codiaceae
Thallus Shape: Spherical
Branching: No Visible Branching
Colour: Green
Other Features: Soft Texture
Common Name: Y-Twig Algae
Maltese Name: Zkuk tal-Bahar
Specific Name: Amphiroa rigida
Family: Corallinaceae
Thallus Shape: Branched, Filamentous
Branching: Dichotomous
Colour: Brown, Pink/Purple, Red, White
Other Features: Partially Calcified
Common Name: Coral Weed
Maltese Name: Korallina
Specific Name: Corallina elongata
Family: Corallinaceae
Thallus Shape: Branched, Filamentous
Branching: Pinnate
Colour: Pink/Purple, White
Other Features: Partially Calcified
Common Name: Jania
Maltese Name: Janja
Specific Name: Jania rubens
Family: Corallinaceae
Thallus Shape: Branched, Filamentous, Stipitate
Branching: Dichotomous
Colour: Brown, Pink/Purple, White
Other Features: Partially Calcified
Common Name: Finger Seaweed
Maltese Name: Swaba Hodor tal-Bahar
Specific Name: Dasycladus vermicularis
Family: Dasycladaceae
Thallus Shape: Finger-like
Branching: No Visible Branching
Colour: Green
Common Name: Forkweed
Maltese Name: Furkettun tal-Bahar
Specific Name: Dictyota dichotoma
Family: Dictyotaceae
Thallus Shape: Bladed, Branched
Branching: Dichotomous
Colour: Brown, Green, Yellow/ Orange
Common Name: Forkweed
Maltese Name: Furkettun tal-Bahar
Specific Name: Dictyota fasciola
Family: Dictyotaceae
Thallus Shape: Bladed, Branched
Branching: Dichotomous
Colour: Brown, Green, Yellow/ Orange
Other Features: Spiral
Common Name: Forkweed
Maltese Name: Furkettun tal-Bahar
Specific Name: Dictyota linearis
Family: Dictyotaceae
Thallus Shape: Branched, Filamentous
Branching: Dichotomous
Colour: Brown, Green, Yellow/ Orange
Common Name: Spiral Forkweed
Maltese Name: Furkettun Spirali tal-Bahar
Specific Name: Dictyota spiralis
Family: Dictyotaceae
Thallus Shape: Branched
Branching: Dichotomous
Colour: Brown, Green, Yellow/ Orange
Other Features: Spiral
Common Name: Netted Wing Weed
Maltese Name: Habaq il-Bahar
Specific Name: Dictyopteris polypodioides
Family: Dictyotaceae
Thallus Shape: Branched
Branching: Dichotomous
Colour: Brown, Green, Yellow/ Orange
Other Features: Visible Mid-rib
Common Name: Peacock's Tail
Maltese Name: Denb il-Pagun
Specific Name: Padina pavonica
Family: Dictyotaceae
Thallus Shape: Fan-Shaped/ Funnel-Shaped
Branching: No Visible Branching
Colour: Brown, White,
Other Features: Concentric Bands
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