Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbes & Solier

Order Family    Genus sytosiphonales Scytosiphonaceae Colpomenia

Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbes & Solier

Characteristics

Plants primarily hollow and subspherical structures, 2-5 cm in diameter, with age they become irregularly expanded and lobed and occur solitarly or clustered; the diameter may be upto 10cm; thallus wall is 0.3-0.4 mm thick and consist of 2-3 layers of cells; the inner cells are colourless and large, the cortical layer consists of pigmented cells, 4-8 µ in diameter; gametangia cylindrical 3.7-7.5 µ diameter, 18.8 - 30 µ long, paraphyses obovate, to 11 µ diameter, 47 µ tall.

Distribution : Dwarka, Porbandar, Veraval, (Gujrat), Ratnagiri, Bombay, (Maharashtra), Goa, Lakshadweep

Ecological status : Mangrove swamps, Estuarine/ intertidal zones

IUCN status : LRnt

Uses : used as a source of alginate and fertilizer

Cultivation : No

Exiating Cultivation : None