Chaetomorpha
linum (Muller)
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Cladophorales
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Cladophoraceae
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Chaetomorpha
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Chaetomorpha
linum (Muller)
Kutzing
Characteristics
Chaetomorpha
linum is one of the more delicate forms of green alga. It resembles
straight green or yellowish hair, sometimes white towards the ends
of the filaments if spores or gametes have been released; filaments
are unbranched, usually between 5 and 30 cm (2 - 12 in) long,and frequently
grow in groups of hundreds or thousands of individuals in sandy area
on rocks or around tide pool; plant composed of loosely entangled,
unattached filaments, yellowish green, somewhat stiff and curled;
cylindrical or the cells slightly swollen, 100 - 375 µ diam.,
1 - 2 (0.75 - 5.0) diameters long.
Distribution : Gujarat, Malvan, Ratnagiri, (Maharashtra), Goa, Karwar,
Honawar, Bhatkal (Karnataka)
Ecological
status : Interidal (supralittoral)
IUCN
status: LR
Uses:
Food, animal feed and agricultural
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