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Sargassum

Sargassum natans

Børgesen 1914

Gulf Weed

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: North Central Atlantic Ocean

Natural Environment: A free floating seaweed that often washes up on the shores of various locations.

Aquarium Suitability: Not considered a desirable aquarium species.

Potential Control Species: Fish: Naso brevirostris, and Naso lituratus

Urchins: Diadema setosum

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Chromista

    Class: Phaeophyceae

    Order: Fucales

    Family: Sargassaceae

    Genus: Sargassum

 Sargassum natans (Gulf Weed)
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