Chaetomorpha
crassa
(C. Agardh) Kutzing
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Order
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Family
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Genus
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Cladophorales
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Cladophoraceae
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Chaetomorpha
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Chaetomorpha
crassa (C.
Agardh) Kutzing
Characteristics
The thalli
consist of unbranched filaments forming loose clumps entangled with
other algal species; The clumps are bright green with some greenish
white portions; fragments consist of cylindrical cells, 600 - 700
µ in diameter, sometimes long as broad but usually twice to
two and half as long as broad.
Distribution
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Ecological
status : Interidal (supralittoral)
IUCN
status: LR
Uses:
Food, animal feed and agricultural
Cultivation:
