| Division | Rhodophyta |
| Class | Florideophyceae |
| Order | Gigartinales |
| Family | Phyllophoraceae |
| Basionym | Gymnogongrus pygmaeus J.Agardh |
Fronds 4-5 cm in height, caespitose, cushion-like, minute, somewhat terete below, compressed above, dichotomously branched from base to apex, branches flabellatelly arranged, terminal segments obtuse. Cystocarps immersed in inflated parts of frond, occurring in a longitudinal series, somewhat distant.
Ecology
Lithophytic
Distribution in India
Indian Ocean, Coasts of India (Wight, De Toni,); Ceylon (Piccone) Tuticorin, Hare Island, Cape Comorin (leg. M.O.P. Iyengar, Boergesen,). General distribution: Indian Ocean, India, Ceylon; Pacific Ocean, Japan