Superphylum Heterokonta Higher classification Dictyotales Order Dictyotales | Scientific name Dictyotaceae Rank Family | |
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Lower classifications Dictyota, Padina pavonica, Stypopodium zonale | ||
Dictyotaceae is large family of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). Members of this order generally prefer warmer waters than other brown algae. One genus in this order is calcareous, Padina, the only calcareous member of this class. Lobophera variegata (= Pocockiella varieagata) often presents a beautiful blue iridescence due to microscopic bacteria which live on the surface of the leaves.
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