Sargassum fluitans

(Børgesen) Børgesen 1914

Broadleaf Gulfweed

Range: North Atlantic/Sargasso Sea, Gulf of Mexico

Natural Environment: A free floating seaweed often found in mass in bays or washing up on beaches in mid-spring.

Aquarium Suitability: Not a suitable species for aquariums.

Potential Control Species: Fish: Naso brevirostris, Naso lituratus

Urchins: Diadema setosum

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Chromista

Class: Phaeophyceae

Order: Fucales

Family: Sargassaceae

Genus: Sargassum