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.