Acanthophora
specifera (vahl)
Borgesen
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Order
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Family
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Genus
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Ceramiales
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Rhodomelaceae
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Acanthophora
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Acanthophora
specifera (Vahl) Boergesen
Characteristics
Thalli
form bushy, wing clumps usually mixed with other seaweed. It is greenish
or purplish brown when fresh and an attached to the substrate by rhizoids;
lower branches some what creeping and entangled; upper ones are erect,
filamentous about 2 - 6 m tall, cylindrical 160 - 454µ in diameter
and tapering towards the apices; branching is spares, irregular and
somewhat subdichotomous; cross
section of branch shows a medulla composed of thick walled and very
small rounded cells.
Distribution
: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnakata, Kerala, Lakshadweep
Ecological
status : Intertidal and subtidal zones
IUCN
status :
Uses
:
Culture/Cultivation
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