dictyota

Borrowed from translingual Dictyota, from Ancient Greek δικτυωτός (diktuōtós, “netted; latticed”).^[1]

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪk.tiˈoʊ.tə/^[1]

dictyota (countable and uncountable, plural dictyotas)

1. (taxonomy) Any brown alga of the genus Dictyota.
   • 1906 June, F. S. Collins, “New Species, Etc., Issued in the Phytotheca Boreali-Americana”, in Rhodora‎^[1], volume 8, number 90, page 109:

     Dictyota liturata J. Ag. and Dictyota Pappeana Kütz., as figured in Kutzing, Tab. Phyc., Vol. IX, Pl. 38, resemble in habit two extreme forms of this species, but both of them, as well as Dictyota Binghamiana, appear to be true Dictyotas, the internal layer never haying more than one series of cells.

   • 2013 April 4, Islandoftiki, “Macro Algae ID?”, in Nano-Reef.com‎^[2]:

     I think many dictyotas can be a hassle. The stuff I had broke apart easily and any fragments would attach and grow wherever they landed.

   • 2013 April 5, Islandoftiki, “Macro Algae ID?”, in Nano-Reef.com‎^[3]:

     The dictyota I had that was invasive was a silvery color.