dictyota

plural dictyotas

1. countableuncountablebiologyAny brown alga of the genus Dictyota.

   The dictyota I had that was invasive was a silvery color.

   2013 April 5, Islandoftiki, “Macro Algae ID?”, in Nano-Reef.com

   2 more examples

   Dictyota liturata J. Ag. and Dictyota Pappeana Kütz., as figured in Kutzing, Tab. Phyc., Vol. IX, Pl. 38, resemble in habit two extreme forms of this species, but both of them, as well as Dictyota Binghamiana, appear to be true Dictyotas, the internal layer never haying more than one series of cells.

   1906 June 29, F. S. Collins, “New Species, Etc., Issued in the Phytotheca Boreali-Americana”, in Rhodora, volume 8, number 90, page 109

   I think many dictyotas can be a hassle. The stuff I had broke apart easily and any fragments would attach and grow wherever they landed.

   2013 April 4, Islandoftiki, “Macro Algae ID?”, in Nano-Reef.com