<p>Padina boergesenii Allender &amp; Kraft, 1983 - leafy rolled-blade algae on a patch reef.
</p><p>This gorgeous blue- &amp; green-colored alga is actually a species of brown alga.  This species, Padina boergesenii, varies in coloration and color pattern, but slightly iridescent bluish-greenish forms are somewhat common at French Bay patch reefs on San Salvador Island.
</p><p>Classification: Phaeophyta, Dictyotales, Dictyotaceae
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Locality: patch reef in western French Bay, southwestern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
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