Dictyosiphon sinicola

Golden sea hair

Authority: N.L.Gardner

Thallus is golden brown with multiple orders of branches, which are delicate, progressively narrower, and alternate, opposite or irregular. Thallus is very fine and reaches 20-40 cm (7-16 in) tall.

Habitat

This annual grows epiphytically on other seaweeds, attached to rock, or forms free-floating mats in protected and estuarine habitats. The seaweeds Chordaria flagelliformis and Scytosiphon lomentaria are common hosts for this species.