| Division | Chlorophyta |
| Class | Ulvophyceae |
| Order | Ulvales |
| Family | Ulvaceae |
Thalli attached to the substratum by small circular disc; lamina up to 40 cm, sometimes longer, up to 1 meter, 10-14 cm wide, deeply divided into several more or less distinct, linear lobes, 1-3 cm wide, frequently with undulate margins, 110-115 µm in thickness in basal portions and 70-90 µm in upper portions. Cells in surface view polygonal, uniformly about 20 µm across; in section, palisade-like, 40 µm in height and 9.9-16 µm broad, 9 µm apart, enclosed within a cuticle 3.2 µm thick.
Taxonomic notes (Reproduced from Algaebase -M.D. Guiry)
Distribution in India
Indian Ocean (De Toni, 1889); Dwarka, Gopnath, Okha, Porbandar, Shivrajpur, Veraval (Gujarat) (Krishnamurthy and Joshi, 1969), Trivandrum (Kerala), Cape Comorian (Tamil Nadu) (Taylor, 1966).