Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kutzing

Order Family    Genus Cladophorales Cladophoraceae Cladophora

Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kutzing

Characteristics

Plants tufted, to 20 cm. tall, dark green, becoming blackish when dried, coarse and stiff; main filaments to 300 - 475 µ diam., the cells to 20 diameters long, copiously ditrichotomously branched, the branches rather erect, clustered towards the tips; branchlets 130 - 200 µ diam., cells 4-6 diameters long, the tip cells blunt.

Distribution : Karnataka

Ecological status : Interidal (supralittoral)

IUCN status:

Uses: Food, animal feed and agricultural