- Reference
- Bull.S.Calif.Acad.Sci. 53:4 (1954)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus erect to partially decumbent, to 5 cm tall, red to purple, cartilaginous, dichotomously, trichotomously or irregularly branched, generally segmented with regular constrictions at the dichotomies, or with the lower portions unsegmented; segments ovoid or clavate, 2.5–3.0 mm diam. Structure apparently uniaxial, but the central axis obscure, pseudoparenchymatous, with large medullary cells grading abruptly into a smaller-celled cortex.
Reproduction. Reproductive structures not observed.
Distribution. Widespread in warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Habitat. Generally, epilithic in the shallow subtidal or in intertidal pools or fissures.
[After J.M. Huisman in Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae: 351 (2018)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Pindanland, Roebourne.
- IMCRA Regions
- Cambridge-Bonaparte, Canning, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Cockburn, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.