- Reference
- Algern.Syst. 105 (1887)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus upright, to 4–5 cm high, attached by non-septate rhizoids, with numerous erect cylindrical axes arising from the base. Axes to 3mm in diameter, with basal annular constrictions. Lateral branches formed from protoplasts of parent branch, these rounding-up and then forming irregularly radial protrusions along the parent branch that grow to 1–2 cm in length. All branches with rounded apices.
Distribution. Tropical waters generally. In W. Aust. south to Rottnest I.
Habitat. Epilithic in the subtidal.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Roebourne.
- IMCRA Regions
- Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Cockburn, Dandaragan, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Karratha.