Pale purplish-red, quickly degenerating when removed from the water and becoming distinctly orange; fronds bushy, with a cylindrical axis to1 mm wide and 200 mm long. Both phases readily reproduce vegetatively. Photographs by M.D. Guiry
To develop the most productive plants on earth - microalgae - to produce biofuels, nutritional oils, aquaculture and animal feeds while simultaneously reducing industrial emmissions of CO2.