Cladophorales, Cladophoraceae
Cladophora herpestica (Montagne) Kützing

In natural habitat.
Photo Data
- Place
- : Raya Island, Phuket.
- Depth
- : 1.5 m
These plants are wiry and rigid, and form loose clumps. Irregularly curved branches are composed of a series of cylindrical cells and short filaments that extend downward to attach to substrates. This seaweed grows on rocks covered in a thin layer of coarse sand in subtidal zones of inner reefs.

Fresh specimen.

Microscopic view of branch bearing holdfast (arrow).