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https://www.reefcheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sargassum_horneri.jpg400300During a dive along the Breakwater in Monterey, California in early June, Melanie Moreno, a Reef Check volunteer diver, observed what she suspected might be the invasive species, Sargassum horneri. Concerned that her find might represent the beginning of an invasion of this problematic species, she sent a photo of it to Reef Check, who confirmed the observation and immediately planned a dive to locate the specimen and look for others.