Description: Bushy plant formed by flat, squared-off blades that are irregularly branched and split; up to 30 cm high. Concentrically banded in a wide range of colors, including shades of yellow, green and brown. Often with tints of iridescent green and/or blue.
Habitat: Attach to rocky substrates in most reef environments. Often abundant in shallow water less than five feet, only occasionally reported on deeper reefs.
Distribution: South Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.
Kingdom Protoctista Phylum Phaeophyta Genus Stypopodium Species Stypopodium zonale
