Division | Chlorophyta |
Class | Ulvaphyceae |
Order | Cladophorales |
Family | Anadyomenaceae |
Basionym | Ulva stellata Wulfen |
Thallus pseudoparenchymatous, dark green grows in mats or tufts, flabellate, ovate to reniform, 2–10 mm high and across. Thallus with 1–4 basal stipe cells attached by a cluster of slender rhizoids with occasional cross walls. Frond monostromatic, with a primary system of elongate-clavate cells bearing at their apices 3–6 similar but progressively smaller cells, with the interstices largely to entirely filled with smaller cells cut off laterally from the primary cells and joined to adjacent cells with a smooth attachment.
Ecology
Lithophytic, collected from Laxmanpu Beach, Neil Islands.
Distribution in India
Krusadai Island Island (Tamil Nadu), Andaman Islands.