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  2. Seaweed - Wikipedia

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    "Seaweed" lacks a formal definition, but seaweed generally lives in the ocean and is visible to the naked eye. The term refers to both flowering plants submerged in the ocean, like eelgrass, as well as larger marine algae. Generally, it is one of several groups of multicellular algae; red, green and brown. [7]

  3. Caulerpa taxifolia - Wikipedia

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    Caulerpa taxifolia is a species of green seaweed, an alga of the genus Caulerpa, native to tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Caribbean Sea. [2] The species name taxifolia arises from the resemblance of its leaf-like fronds [3] to those of the yew (Taxus).

  4. Ulva australis - Wikipedia

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    It is an edible green algae, although sometimes designated as a seaweed. [1] General characteristics of Ulva australis include a smooth surface, distromatic blades, lobed fronds, and thallus color from dark green to light grass green. It can be either free floating or attached by a single holdfast.

  5. Caulerpa lentillifera - Wikipedia

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    Caulerpa lentillifera or sea grape is a species of ulvophyte green algae from coastal regions in the Asia-Pacific. This seaweed is one of the favored species of edible Caulerpa due to its soft and succulent texture. It is traditionally eaten in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, Oceania, and East Asia.

  6. Ulvophyceae - Wikipedia

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    Although most contemporary ulvophytes are marine macroalgae , ancestral ulvophytes may have been freshwater, unicellular green algae. Molecular phylogenetic evidence suggests that macroscopic growth was achieved independently in the various major lineages of Ulvophyceae ( Ulvales - Ulotrichales , Trentepohliales , Cladophorales , Bryopsidales ...

  7. Caulerpa sertularioides - Wikipedia

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    The seaweed has a pale to dark-green thallus that typically grows to outward to around 0.35 to 2 metres (1.15 to 6.56 ft). [3] It has feather-like fronds that arise from a common stolon. Each of the fronds is upright and branched. The oppositely arranged branchlets are cylindrical to needle-shaped with upcurved tips with a blunt point at the end.

  8. Sea lettuce - Wikipedia

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    Ulva intestinalis. The sea lettuces comprise the genus Ulva, a group of edible green algae that is widely distributed along the coasts of the world's oceans.The type species within the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca, lactuca being Latin for "lettuce".

  9. Caulerpa racemosa - Wikipedia

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    Caulerpa racemosa is a species of edible green alga, a seaweed in the family Caulerpaceae.It is commonly known as sea grapes (along with the related Caulerpa lentillifera) and is found in many areas of shallow sea around the world.