Brief Summary
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White weed looks like a plant, with a stem and branches. These branches spiral around the stem. The small polyps on the branches can retract into the bottle-shaped openings. White weed is sold a lot in other countries for decoration in houses.
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Biology
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colonial; fixed gonophores
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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Status
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Sertularia cupressina is so similar to S. argentea that its status as a separate species has been questioned.
Schuchert, P.
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