- Reference
- Mar.Benth.Fl.S.Australia 276-278, figs 93 c-e, 94 c-d (1984)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus delicate, usually much branched, (2–)3–6(–8) cm high, axes and laterals naked or not below, simple or branched, arising from a branched rhizoidal system, epilithic or on shells; mature plants with 3–4 orders or branching, branches lanceolate in outline. Axes and laterals radially branched, ramuli simple or with 1–2 laterals, regularly and fairly densely arranged but separated by two to several times their basal width, denuded below with scars slightly to moderately conspicuous above, becoming inconspicuous. Axes 0.5–1 mm in diameter, laterals 130–200 µm in diameter, ramuli 0.5–1 mm long and 70–110 µm in diameter below, scarcely or distinctly tapering (to 40 µm near tips) and with rounded ends.
Reproduction. Unknown.
Distribution. From Rottnest I., W. Aust., to Port Phillip, Vic.
Habitat. Generally in shallow water on platforms.
[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 276–278 (1984)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cockburn.