RHODOPHYTA (red algae)
Polysiphonia nigrescens
(Hudson) Greville, 1833


Lenght: <20 cm
Width: 0.1-1 mm
 
Thallus thin filiform, firm to coarse, bushy, dark purple to black. Pericentral cells 12-20.Litophyte and epiphyte. In sublittoral, mainly in sheltered localities. Rare, boreal species.