- Reference
- Ann.Jard.Bot.Buitenzorg 11:80 (1893)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus bright green, subspherical or spherical, to 10 mm diam. Structure with 10–14 primary laterals per whorl, each branching into 4–7 secondary segments that form a faceted cortex. Hairs absent. Gametangial cysts 4–12 per primary filament, spherical to obovoid, 125–155 µm diam., each with 4–8 gametangia.
Distribution. Widespead in tropical waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. In W.A. known only from sporadic collections south to Barrow Island, but presumably widespread in the region.
Habitat. Occurs as individual thalli or in small clusters on rock, generally in shallow water.
[After Huisman, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 156 (2015)]
Distribution
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Karratha, Wyndham-East Kimberley.