List of types of visible aquarium algae
April 30th, 2006
Cyanobacteria - prokaryotic algae
* Oscillatoria sp - purplish red film on glass below sand line in some places
* Brown cyanobacteria (on sand in a few spots from time to time)
Macroalgae
* Caulerpa paspaloides
* C. sertularoides
* C. racemosa (2 types)
* C. racemosa var. peltata
* C. serrulata
* C. prolifera
* C. brachypus
* C. taxifolia (or mexicana? )
* Caulerpa sp. (several additional unidentified species)
* Codium sp.
* Acetabularia sp.
* Neomeris annulata
* Dasycladus vermicularis
* Anadyomene stellata
* Dictyosheria cavemosa
* Ventricaria sp.
* Valonia sp.
* Avrainviella
* Cladophora
* Chaetomorpha
* Halimeda monile
* H. opuntia
* H. tuna
* H. discoidea
* Misc. green turf algae
Brown Algae
* Dictyota
* Misc. Brown turf algae.
Red Algae
* Misc encrusting coralline reds - numerous species on rocks, on glass, on turtle grass, or other algae. These are pink or purple in color (white when dead)
* Branching coralline reds
o Neogoniolithon strictum
o Goniolithon
* Fleshy/bushy reds (some look brown, but are actually red algae), several species
* Ochtodes (brownish or iridescent blue/purple in color)
* Ceramium
* Misc red turf algae
Diatoms
* brownish films on glass
Dinoflagellates
* symbiotic in most of the Cnidarians we have, giving them their brown or beige colors
Protists - single celled eukaryotes
* Foraminiferans - for single-celled organisms, these are HUGE - easily visible to the naked eye!
* one type has pinkish, reddish, or orangy-red shells attached to rocks
* Another type - look like white, branching trees on secluded rock surfaces
Flowering vascular plants
* Turtle grass
* Manatee grass
