- Reference
- Pacific Sci. 387, fig. 1 (1955)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus to 15 cm high, spreading to tufted, much branched irregularly radially, arising from branched rhizoids. Axes and main branches 150–350 µm in diameter, denuded below, scars conspicuous on older axes; laterals 40–80 µm in diameter; ramuli 1–3 mm long and (12–)20–55 µm in diameter; chloroplasts ovoid to lenticular, 4–10 µm long, with starch plates surrounding an indistinct pyrenoid.
Reproduction. By ovoid gametes (6–)8–10 µm long and 4–6 µm broad, each with 3–4 chloroplasts.
Distribution. Known from the Houtman Abrolhos, W. Aust., and from Kangaroo I., and Port MacDonnell, S. Aust.
[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 276 (1984)]
Distribution
- IMCRA Regions
- Abrolhos Islands.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Greater Geraldton.