- Reference
- Algern.Syst. 35 (1873)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus green, spreading laterally to 10 cm, with naked stolons 1–2 mm diam. Assimilators unbranched or branched, to 3 cm tall, bearing stalked, mainly spherical but occasionally clavate ramuli 2–3 mm long and 2.5–3.0 mm diam. distally, these usually radially arranged, lacking a constriction between the stalk and the distal sphere; length of the stalk-like proximal region not greater than the diameter of the distal region.
Distribution. Widely distributed in tropical seas.
Habitat. Usually epilithic in the intertidal and shallow subtidal.
[After Belton, Huisman & Gurgel, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 94 (2015)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Geraldton Sandplains, Indian Tropical Islands, Jarrah Forest, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Mitchell, Pindanland, Roebourne, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- IMCRA Regions
- Abrolhos Islands, Canning, Central West Coast, Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cocos Islands, Coorow, Derby-West Kimberley, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Karratha, Port Hedland, Rockingham, Shark Bay, Wyndham-East Kimberley.