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sailor's eyeball alga
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sailor's eyeball alga

Valonia ventricosa

Valonia ventricosa, also known as "Bubble Algae" and "Sailor's Eyeballs," is a species of algae found in oceans throughout the world in tropical and subtropical regions. It is one of the largest single-celled organisms.

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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 366863.