Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

    Thallus red to olive green in colour, 10-15 cm in height and 0.5- cm diameter; epiphyte on Sargassum and other algae. Thallus at first attached, later often free floating, frequently occupying the floor of the sea in depths up to three meters. Frond freely branched with short spine like branches; apices of branches often thickened and incurved forming hook-like structure which are smooth or occasionally producing ramuli on the outer (convex) surface; ramuli in lower portions of branches coming out of the sides, patent and often somewhat attenuate.