[citation needed] In addition, since this macroalgae is a large cell unit, mitotic division and cytokinesis were observed in the development of the zoospores.

Other mitotic stages are observed together in the network cytoplasm [5] Dictyosphaeria is found in tropical regions in shallow intertidal to subtidal areas.

A study by Bugni et al. (2008) has shown that isolated fungal specimens from the species D. versluysii were found to produce novel metabolites including the polyketides dictyosphaeric acids A and B, and the anthraquinone carviolin.

[9] In the Kāne'ohe Bay in Hawai'i, USA, Dictyosphaeria cavernosa is considered an invasive species resulting from continuous discharge of nutrient wastes from coastal communities, as well as reduction in herbivore pressures (such as from fish) in the area.

[10] As early as the year 1970, reduced coral cover and increased spatial expansion of D. cavernosa were already documented in the Kaneohe bay area.

[11] Invasion of the macroalgae could be attributed to the simultaneous population growth and watershed development as early as the 1960s, including the phase shift on the bay's reef systems.

Moreover, in the laboratory setting, extracts from D. ocellata where observed to influence the difference in growth rates of bacteria in culture.