Division | Rhodophyta |
Class | Florideophyceae |
Order | Rhodymeniales |
Family | Rhodymeniaceae |
Basionym | Chrysymenia uvaria var. leptopoda J.Agardh 1876 |
Synonym | Chrysymenia leptopoda (J.Agardh) Weber Bosse 1928 |
Thalli erect, main axis thick, cylindrical and densely branched; branching irregularly dichotomous; thalli grow up to 60 cm hight and 2-2.5 mm thick. Cross section of axis with a central tissue of large cell, 49-137 µm diameter, surrounded by a cortex of small cells, 3-7 µm diameter; vesicles small, subspherical and minutely stalked; 1-5 mm (usually 1-2 mm) in diameter, vesicles wall 50-60 um thick, gland cells spherical, solitary on large cells of the innermost layer, very rarely two or three on each cell.
Ecology
Lithophytic
Distribution in India
Dwarka (Boergesen, 1931, 1934); Cape Comorin (Boergesen, 1937); Krusadai Island.