Padina pavonica, commonly known as the peacock's tail, is a small brown alga found in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It inhabits pools in the littoral zone typically with clayey, silty or sandy sediments. Other habitats include rocks and shell fragments in the shallow sublittoral, seagrass meadows, mangrove roots and coral reefs on tidal flats.
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Padina pavonica
- Observations in the area
- 2
- Last sighting
- 5 August 2025
- Category
- Fungi and other organisms
Species and sighting data come from the iNaturalist platform and may change over time.
Where it has been observed
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Photo: @sofiaconde · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC
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