Catenella nipae Zanardini

Ganesan, E. K., West, John A. & Jr, Orlando Necchi, 2018, A catalogue and bibliography of non-marine (freshwater and estuarine) Rhodophyta (red algae) of India, Phytotaxa 364 (1), pp. 1-48 : 28

Catenella nipae Zanardini

Post 1936, p. 75; Desikachary et al. 1998, Part II B, p. 147, fig. 54 C (not fig. D); Sen & Naskar 2003, p. 186. Pl. XXII, fig. 139, Photo Pl. XVII; Satpati et al. 2012, p. 47, Pl. 1, fig. E; Pl. 2, fig. F.

Distribution in India: West Bengal (Kolkata Botanical Gardens; Ganges and Mutlah deltas; Sundarbans: Bakkhali, 24 South Paraganas, Sushini Island attached to the barks of the mangrove Exoecaria).

Notes: Børgesen (1938) pointed out the edible nature of Catenella nipae in Burma (now Myanmar). Large scale mariculture was pursued subsequently ( Soe-Htun et al. 1984; 1992; Hla Cho & Than Nyunt (1986) and more recently also in Bangladesh (Zafar & Mustafa 2010). Runcie et al. (2003; 2004) studied the uptake kinetics and assimilation of inorganic N and P of C. nipae in estuaries.