Hypnea pannosa J. Agardh

Order Family    Genus Gigartinales Hypneaceae Hypnea

Hypnea pannosa J. Agardh

Characteristics

The thalli are distictly intricate cespitode, forming low, prostrate clumps on the substrate, reddish, purplish or greenish when dried; main axes are not percurrent and are compressed or subteret measuring 0.3 - 1.7mm broad in dried material; brancing is repeatedly subdichotomous to alternate in wide angles forming rounded axil; branchlets bifurcate into short stubby spines at the terminal portions; short ultimate branchlets are not dense and are arranged alternately, pinnately or secundly; these are characteristically stout, stubby and spinose.

Distribution : Maharashtra, Karnataka, Lakshadweep

Uses : It is a carrageenan yielding plant. This seaweed is also edible and the freshly gathered seaweed is commonly prepared as salad.

Cultivation:

Existing Cultivation: None