Hypnea
musciformis (Wulfen)
Lamouroux
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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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Hypnea
musciformis (Wulfen)
Lamouroux
Characteristics
A common
epiphyte on Laurencia inhermedia and other algae and easily recognized
on the inflated and hooked tips of the main branched and the dense
clothing with simple and slender branchlets, about 1 mm long and 80-130
micron thick; length of the whole plant is about 10 cm;colour greenish
to staw coloured whenn fresh and brown when deied.
Distribution
:Gujrat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Lakshadweep
Ecological
status : Mangrove swamps and Intertidal zone.
IUCN
status : LRnt
Uses
: It forms a source for carrageenan, food and animal feed.
Cultivation:
