Division | Rhodophyta |
Class | Florideophyceae |
Order | Gigartinales |
Family | Rhizophyllidaceae |
Synonym | Chondrococcus spinulosus Kützing |
Thalli erect, saxicolous, 3-3.5 cm. high, gelatinous to cartilaginous in consistency; erect fronds linear angustate, somewhat densely branched, branching bipinnate to tripinnate; branches and pinnules delicate, linear and attenuated, divaricate and with pronouncedly spinulose tips, commonly proliferous.
Distribution in India
Andaman Islands, Kanyakumari and Kovalam