Soliera
robusta (Grev.) Kylin
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Family
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Genus
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Gigartinales
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Hypneaceae
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Hypnea
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Soliera
robusta (Grev.) Kylin
Characteristics
Thallus
tufted, irregularly branched on all sides, 10 - 37 cm in height; main
axis 2-3 mm thick, slender and thinner specimens 1-2 cm thick; cylindrical;
branches abruptly attenuated at base to form a short stipe; elsewhere
of almost same thickness, cylindrical, tapering slowly to an acute
apex. Apex with tuft of short rudimentary branches; section of thallus
with long branching and anastomosing filaments, 6-8µ width in
medullary portion; cortex of large, oblong, rounded, polygonal cells,
110-130µ diameter; epidermal cells 15 - 20µ in a layer,
rounded loosly arranged seen in surface view; tetraspores in cortical
layer from terminal cells of branchlets; tetraspores zonately divided.
Cystocarp producing carpospores
Uses
: Source of carrageenan.
Culture/Cultivation
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