| Division | Rhodophyta |
| Class | Florideophyceae |
| Order | Corallinales |
| Family | Corallinaceae |
| Basionym | Cheilosporum spectabile Harvey ex Grunow |
Thallus dense, delicate, calcified and pink to purple in colour, 2 – 3.5 cm in high. Thallus made of calcified wing-like intergenicula; it compressed with prominent midrib; terminal segments acute at the apex; branching regularly dichotomous; cortical cells ovate, 5-13µm broad; genicula, 90-110μm long, 180-210μm in diameter. Intergenicula measures 420-530µm long and 0.5-2.3 mm in diameter, consists of 5-6 layers of medullary cells and 1-3 layers of cortical cells. Interlaced intergenicular filaments forming as equal length tiers, 30-45 μm long, 8-10μm in diameter. Reproductive structures are not recorded.
Distribution in India
Bombay, Bandra (Boergesen, 1935); Karwar (Boergesen, 1938a); Ratnagiri, Malvan (leg. Balakrishnan); Tiruchendur (Krishnamurthy, 1980), Mandapam, Idinthakari, Cape Comorin (leg. Krishnamurthy).