User:Dcloset788/Dictyota sandvicensis

Comments by A. Faucci (Apr 3, 2024):

Nice work on finding lots of great information. I reverted to your earlier version that will not include some of your recent edits, but includes your references. You can click on the "View History" tab to look at your previous edits. From your latest experience i suggest you publish/save often so that you only have to "undo" little things and not major changes.

To polish your draft before copying it over to the main article next week please work on the following:


 * Make sure you only include content that is important to your species. Anything about the genus or the family should go on that respective Wikipedia page and not here. Your paragraph on the 'Ewa intertidal is very interesting but it should not be part of this page. The same is true for D. sanvicensis as a food item. Unless you found evidence for this specific species to be eaten, leave it out.
 * you need to add a "Description" section for your species. this section should include how it looks, so anything about morphology and biology. Your last 2 sentences of your Lead can go there. I did some of those changes/edits for you for readability (in Bold), I hoe you don't mind.
 * Distribution: it might be better to start with a general sentence on where it can be found. i would start with the last sentence in your first paragraph, then add the rest.
 * Make sure all your sentences are in perfect English, have perfect grammar and are easy to read for a worldwide audience.
 * References: Something is funny about the formatting of your references. Ideally you used the automatic formatting using the "cite function. For websites, you just add the url, while for books you just add the ISBN number, the rest should be added automatically. You don't need to add the page number.

Dictyota sandvicensis is known as Hawaiian dictyota. Also, the Hawaiian name is called ''limu, 'Alani. Dictyota sandvicensis''. The plant size is 2-12(-15)cm long, and looks colored iridescent yellow greenish.They can be easily spotted from other Hawaiian species because they have small branches that break out from the edges of the main branches.

Dictiyota sandvicensis occurs throughout the Hawaiian Islands.The habitat is Mid-intertidal pools to 7m. They can be founded in low-tide pools, on low intertidalbenches and on reef flats and grow on rocks or epiphytioc. Dictyota sandvicensis is endemic to the Hawaiian islands.

One of the distributions is ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu, HI, USA, which is a historically unique habitat of macroalgae, or limu. ‘Ewa Beach is a rocky intertidal zone which has an abundance of nutrients that contribute to long-term ecosystems in marine life. In ‘Ewa Beach (O‘ahu), Hawai‘i, there was abundant macroalgal assemblage. As a result, there is diversity in covering approximately 100% of the rock at all site areas. Among them, Dictyota sandvicensis is (3.7% ± 0.9 SE).

Limu is eaten regular part of the diet, and is considered to contain vitamins and essential mineral nutrients than other staple food items. In fact, Dictyota sandvicensis had caloric content each over3000 cal g-1 ash-free dry weight.

Description
Dictyota sandvicensis is known as the Hawaiian brown seaweed. ''It is also called limu 'Alani in Hawaiian. The species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Dictyota sandvicensis classify phylum Ochrophyta in taxonomic groups of macroalgae. Dictyota sandvicensis'' reaches up to 15 cm in height, and has a iridescent yellow greenish color. They can be easily spotted from other species of Dictyota in Hawai'i because they have small branches that break out from the edges of the main branches. Dictyota sandvicensis consists of a single basal that is firmly rooted and can support rhizoids. The rhizoids are one to several erect fronds 1-5 mm wide.

Distribution
Dictiyota sandvicensis occurs throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

Habitats
The habitat is Mid-intertidal pools to 7m. They can be founded in low-tide pools, on low intertidal benches and on reef flats growing on rocks or as epiphytes on other algae.

Nutrition & Culture
Limu is a regular part of the diet and is considered to contain more vitamins and essential mineral nutrients than other staple food items. Dictyota sandvicensis was analyzed for protein, lipid, carbohydrate, ash, caloric, mineral, and vitamin content. Furthermore, it had a caloric content of over cal g-1 ash-free dry weight. One of Hawaii's Island Oahu coastal communities, where macroalgae of dictyota sandvicensis have traditionally been harvested from the shores.