Funnel alga

Padina pavonica

Occurring in

Mediterranean

0-20m

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not endangered

Whether horizontally or vertically, funnel algae spreads everywhere. It's not hard to guess the origin of it's name: this algae looks like a small funnel. Narrower at the bottom and wider at the top.

Habitat

Rocky Reef

Special features

Whether horizontally or vertically, funnel algae spreads everywhere.

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Appearance

It's not hard to guess the origin of it's name: this algae looks like a small funnel. Narrower at the bottom and wider at the top. It also has light and dark stripes.

Natural enemies

Fish, crabs

Dangerous/Toxic

Funnel algae is neither dangerous nor poisonous.

sketch

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1. Funnel-shaped and striped

Pro Tips

It doesn't matter to the funnel algae whether it spreads horizontally or vertically, it just wants to grow further and further.

However, it has a strong Mediterranean opponent: the Umbrella Algea.

By the way, it is one of the pantropical species. That means that it is distributed in both tropical and subtropical zones.

It is widespread throughout the Mediterranean and also in the adjacent Atlantic.

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Text: Carolina Leiter

Illustration: Dive Dict

Pic: Felician Hosp