Seaweed
Seaweed or macroalgae refers to several species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of red, brown, and green macroalgae. Marine algae species such as kelps provide essential nursery habitat for fisheries and other marine species and thus protect food sources; ocean algae species from seaweeds to planktons play a vital role in carbon capture, producing up to 90 percent of the planet's oxygen. Understanding these roles provides guiding principles for conservation and sustainable use of seaweeds to take precedence over industrial exploitation. Mechanical dredging of kelp, for instance, destroys the resource and dependent fisheries. Certain species of seaweed are valuable for nutrition, biomedicine, bioremediation, and other uses.
Caulerpa sedoides
The light to medium green delicate alga or seaweed with a [thallus]] that grows to a size of around . It has small elongated ovoid shaped beads arranged loosely along the main stolon or axis. The stolon is often branched and arises from rhizomes or running stolons) that are usually fixed to rocky surfaces in a marine environment.