Need ID on the algae

letom · #1 01-04-2007, 10:50 PM

Can someone id this algae? It's purple and has a brushy feeling to it.

You'll see the pic in my gallery , I can't seem to post the pic.

Thanks

letom · #2 01-04-2007, 10:59 PM

Here's the pic.

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...i-IMG_2313.JPG

letom · #3 01-04-2007, 11:02 PM

Hopefully this one's larger

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...i-IMG_2313.JPG

cprowler · #4 01-05-2007, 12:16 AM

Are the branches "Y" shaped? I think it looks that way from the pic if so it's most likely Dictyota algae.

letom · #5 01-05-2007, 04:17 PM

Yes they have a Y shape tip could be a Dictyota algae sp. but there are many kinds.Maybe someone will ID precisely but it's a good start.For now it doesn't seem to be a problem algae it's actually pleasing to look at.

Thanks

christyf5 · #6 01-05-2007, 07:09 PM

It looks like a branching type of coralline algae to me. Dictyota is brown, flat leaved and quite wide (if that makes sense). The stuff you have looks pink/purple and thinly branched as well as brittle. I don't have my Reef Invertebrates book with me, but there is a pic in there of it with the name I believe.