- Reference
- Pacific Sci. 390, figs 5,6 (1955)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus dark green, erect, subdichotomous to irregularly branched partly in one plane, to 6 cm high, branches 1–2 mm broad, compressed, holdfast small. Medulla of longitudinal, branched filaments 13–28 µm in diameter, forming a surface cortical layer (12–27 µm wide) of short clavate branches 4–7 µm in diameter adhering together as seen in surface view. Chloroplasts ovoid, 2–3 µm long; amyloplasts sparse.
Reproduction. Unknown.
Distribution. From Hopetoun, W. Aust., to Point Sinclair, S. Aust.
[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 246 (1984)]