Neomeris
van-bosseae Howe
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Family
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Genus
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Dasycladales
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Dasycladaceae
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Neomeris
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Neomeris
van-bosseae Howe
Solitary
thalli may form small colonies, erect and moderately calcified, cylindricat-clavate,
11 - 19 mm tall, 1.7 - 2.4 mm broad ending in hairy apex; colour whitish-greenish
at lower portion becoming dark to bright green at hairy tip; central
axis bears closely placed whorls of lateral compound branches; each
lateral consists of a cylindrical, slender primary branches bearing
at its expanded distal end a central stalked, spherical oval gamatangium
and two lateral (one on each side) secondary branches terminating
ina peltate-capitate structure which appears haxagonal in surface
view.
Distribution
: Lakshadweep
Ecological
status : Intertidal zone.
IUCN
status :LRnt
Uses
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Culture/Cultivation
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