has been an invasive species for the last 40 years and has not been explored very well. It has the potential for ecological and environmental impacts it needs further exploration.

Primarily the habitat they usually invaded is in reef flat and edges around 1 to 17 meters deep. They attach loosely to the broken coral or floating fragments in the shallow deep waters. It can form large, moving mats of unattached seaweed. It is known to be invasive to Hawaii, Malaysia, Sulu Sea, and the southern Philippines.