Sphacelaria
furcigera Kuetz
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Sphacelariales
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Sphacelariaceae
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Sphacelaria
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Sphacelaria
furcigera Kuetz
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Sphacelaria
furcigera Kuetz
Characteristics
Plants
stoloniferous or endophytic below, the erect axes 0.5-3.0 cm tall,
16-45µ diameter, sparsely branched, segments sparingly longitudinally
divided and without secondary transverse divisions, hairs present
12-16 micron diameter, propagula slender, biradiate; rhizoids descending
down from the base of thalli. The stalk 24µ in diameter, cylindrical
or tapering to the base, at the summit with 2 cylindrical or somewhat
tapering arms about equaling it in length, the segments undivided
or with a single crosswall; sporangia spherical, 50 - 70µ diameter;
gametangia dimorphic, the one type cylindrical, 45 - 65 µ long,
24 - 28 µ diameter with cells about 3µ diameter, the other
more irregularly shaped, 30 - 60 µ long, 28 - 40 µ diameter,
with cells about 6 µ diameter.
Distribution
: Gujrat, Malvan, Ratnagiri, (Maharashtra), Goa, Karwar,Honawar, Bhatkal
, (Karnataka)
Ecological
status : Intertidal, Estuaries
IUCN
status : NE
Uses
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Cultivation
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