Sargassum natans (brown algae) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2
Sargassum natans (Linnaeus, 1753) at a shallow water sea surface.
Sargassum natans is a megaplanktonic brown alga that stays suspended in the water column using small, subspherical, gas-filled floats. Some other species of Sargassum are benthic (rooted or attached to the seafloor).
Classification: Phaeophyta, Fucales, Sargassaceae
Locality: just west of North Point Peninsula, northeastern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
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Taken on June 12, 2008