Spatoglossum

Classification:
Empire: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Subclass: Dictyotophycidae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae
Tribe: Zonarieae
Genus: Spatoglossum
- Habitat: Marine. The algae can be found in potholes in the subtidal zone.
Widely dispersed along the French Atlantic Coast, Mediterranean Sea, New
Zealand, Australia, Japan, Caribbean Sea, South America, and Morocco’s
temperate and tropical waters.
- General Characters:
It is a big, flattened, dark brown algae that grows to a height of 20 cm (7.87
in) and has a thick, coarse thallus.
Tufts of hair strewn with hairs emerge from thallus depressions.
Four spores are produced by sporangia that are partially or fully immersed in
the thallus and dispersed over both thalli surfaces.
You may find the algae along the shore for almost the whole year.

Citation: AlgaeBase, Spatoglossum Kützing, 1843