page_title: Dictyota binghamiae
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Dictyota binghamiae / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Dictyota binghamiae blades, taken from an organism at the Birch Aquarium in San Diego, CA.
context_page_description: Dictyota binghamiae, commonly known as mermaid's glove, is a species of brown algae found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from British Columbia to Baja California. This species was named in honor of phycologist Caroline Bingham.
context_section_description: D. binghamiae  is a brown algae species that can reach up to 40 cm in length, with each branch between 1 and 1.5 cm in width. Blades are dichotomously branched with rounded tips and small marginal teeth. The color of the blade is darker at the base and lighter at the tips. Branches do not contain midribs. This species attaches to substrate using a flattened, irregularly shaped holdfast. New branches can sprout off directly from the holdfast. D. binghamiae can commonly be found with bore holes, which are caused by a copepods.
  Organisms can be male, female, tetrasporic, or possess no reproductive structures at all. Males possess white oval-shaped sori. Males with a high density of sori can appear rough or mottled in appearance. Female plants contain dark colored sori on both sides of branches. Females typically contain less sori than males. Tetrasporic individuals are distinguished from females by the arrangement, increased size, and decreased abundance of sori.
  The genus name Dictyota comes from the Greek word diktyōtē, which means "net-like". D. binghamiae is one of the largest members of its genus, which contains over 200 species. This species was described by Jacob Georg Agardh in 1984 and was named after phycologist Caroline Bingham, who often shared materials and collaborated with Agardh.
caption: Various blades of D. binghamiae
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