RHODOPHYTA (red algae)
Polysiphonia urceolata
(Lightfoot) Greville, 1825


Lenght: 1-8 cm
Width: 40-250 um


 
Thallus thin filiform, tufted-turfy, dark red, densely branched. pericentral cells 4. Litophyte, rare epiphyte. growing in sublittoral, in exposed localities. occuring infrequently. Boreal-Arctic species.