Back Valonia ventricosa AN فالونيا فينتريكوزا Arabic فالونيا بطينيه ARZ Valonia ventricosa Byelorussian Valonia ventricosa Bulgarian Valonia ventricosa Catalan Valonia ventricosa Czech Blasenalge German Valonia ventricosa Spanish جلبک حبابی Persian
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Cladophorales |
| Family: | Valoniaceae |
| Genus: | Valonia |
| Species: | V. ventricosa
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| Valonia ventricosa | |
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Ventricaria ventricosa | |
Valonia ventricosa, also known as bubble algae, sea grape,[2] or sailor's eyeballs,[3] is a species of algae found in oceans throughout the world in tropical and subtropical regions, within the phylum Chlorophyta. It is one of the largest known unicellular organisms.[3][4]
- ^ "Valonia ventricosa J. Agardh". ITIS. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ Spangler, Randall. "Sea Grape (Valonia ventricosa) - Spanglers' Scuba". scuba.spanglers.com. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ a b Bauer, Becky (October 2008). "Gazing Balls in the Sea". All at Sea. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Tunnell, John Wesley; Chávez, Ernesto A.; Withers, Kim (2007). Coral reefs of the southern Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M University Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-58544-617-9.