Scytosiphon lomentaria

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Scytosiphon lomentaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Division: Heterokontophyta
Class: Phaeophyta
Order: Dictyosiphonales
Family: Scytosiphonaceae
Genus: Scytosiphon
Species: S. lomentaria
Binomial name
Scytosiphon lomentaria
(Lyngbye) J. Agardh

Scytosiphon lomentaria is a littoral brown seaweed with an irregularly lobed many filamentous form. It is a member of the Phaeophyta in the order Dictyosiphonales and grows attached to shells and stones in rock-pools and in near-shore waters. The attachment to the substrate is by a small disc shaped holdfast.

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