money plant
Halimeda discoidea
Halimeda discoidea is a species of calcareous green algae in the order Bryopsidales. It is commonly known as Money Plant due to its appearance and is usually found in the tropics.
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Description
Halimeda discoidea is a green colored segmented and calcified alga. This alga has a short holdfast and contains flat segments. It can get up to10 cm tall.
Range & habitat
This species can be found attached to hard bottoms like reef and rocky surfaces anywhere in between 3–100 ft (0.9–30.5 m). This alga grows better with high light intensity but it is still capable of growing with low light levels.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131317.