- Reference
- Pacific Sci. 387-388, fig. 2 (1955)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Stolon robust, 2–4 mm in diameter, cartilaginous, naked, epilithic. Erect fronds medium to dark green, several times branched, often di- to polychotomous, usually 10–25 cm high and 8–12 mm broad; axes terete and naked below, above compressed, 1–2 mm broad, bearing distichous, closely adjacent, alternate ramuli. Ramuli separated by about their basal width, strongly compressed, 4–8 mm long and 0.7–1.5 mm broad, basally constricted with a fairly straight lower edge and convex upper edge, tapering in the upper quarter to one third to an acute tip.
Distribution. From Rottnest I., and Cape Hamelin, W. Aust., Pearson I., Elliston, and Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo I., in S. Aust.
Habitat. Usually confined to deep water.
[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 260 (1984)]
Distribution
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Augusta Margaret River, Cockburn.