Fine structure of the red seaweed Hypnea musciformis (Wulf.) Lamour.
(Hypneaceae, Rhodophyta)
Characters of the red seaweed Hypnea musciformis viz., cellular structure of the thallus, cuticle, pit plug and cell wall ultrastructure and morphology of plastids, floridean starch, Golgi bodies, mitochondria and nucleus are described. Anomalous plastids with thylakoid disorganization were found in medullary cells. The significance of this thylakoid disposition is unclear. The golgi complex was found to lay in close proximity to the nucleus. This is a pioneer study that focuses on the fine structure of a red alga recorded in India.
Keywords: anomalous plastids, cell wall, floridean starch, Hypnea musciformis, pit connection
Citation: *, (
2010),
Fine structure of the red seaweed Hypnea musciformis (Wulf.) Lamour.
(Hypneaceae, Rhodophyta).
Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation,
3(4):
179-185