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Created 5/14/2013

Family Udoteaceae

CIRCUMTROPICAL

Udotea flabellum

Stock Island, FL, 3 feet

HARD FAN ALGA

Common in seagrass beds and sand flats.  Heavily calcified with growth rings and folded surface.  Attains 8 inches.  Tropical Atlantic, Red Sea, Indian Ocean east to China & New Zealand.