Sailor's Eyeball (species: Valonia ventricosa) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Valonia ventricosa
Sailor's Eyeball


©Lyle Vail: Valonia ventricosa at the lagoon bommie, Lizard Island.

©Barbara Banks: Valonia ventricosa at Lizard Island

©Lyle Vail: Sailor's Eyeball in an underhang at Day Reef, with encrusting algae on its surface

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Cladophorales
Family Valoniaceae
Genus Valonia
Species Valonia ventricosa

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 6 cm (diameter)

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References

  • Price, I.A., A.W.D. Larkum and A. Bailey (1976). Appendix: Check list of marine benthic plants collected in the Lizard Island area, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 3: 3-8. LIRS catalog number 191.