Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) J.Ag.

Order
Family
   Genus
Ulvales
Ulvaceae
Enteromorpha

Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) J.Ag.

Characteristics

Plants less than 15cm long, soft, with repeatedly branched thallus. Frequently uniseriate, branchlets in narrow. The cells are more or less quadrangular in longitudinal and even in transversal rows.

Distribution : Gujarat; Malvan, Ratnagiri, (Maharashtra); Goa; Karwar,

Ecological status : Mangrove swamps

IUCN status : LR

Uses : Food and animal feed