Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C. Agardh

Order Family    Genus Siphonales Bryopsidaceae Bryopsis

Bryopsis plumose (Hudson) C. Agardh

Characteristics

Plant erect to a height of 5 cm, a few main axis arising from the basal rhizoidal attachment. the axis often naked below except for few rhizoids; primary axes several-branched, these branches bearing the ramulli in two rows; the ramulli progressively shorter from near the base, which is 6 to 8 mm broad, giving a broadly triangular-lanceolate form to the branch.

Distribution : Gujarat,Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Lakshadweep

Ecological status : Interidal (supralittoral)

IUCN status: NE

Uses: Food, animal feed and agricultural