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Turbinaria conoides (J.Agardh) Kütz.

Reference
Tab.Phycol. 10:24, Pl. 66, Fig. 2e-f (1860)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Thallus to 14 cm tall; erect axes densely branched from a creeping holdfast. Erect axes subterete, smooth, 1.00–1.25 mm diam. Primary branches radial, giving rise to leafy obconical laterals that are rounded to slightly triangular from above, with smooth to dentate margins, 8.75–9.50 mm diam. Receptacles digitate, simple or forked, in dense racemose clusters, verrucose, terete, with rounded apices, 2.0–3.5 mm long, 0.50–0.75 mm diam.

Distribution. Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific. In Australia known from northern W.A. and Qld.

Habitat. Attached to subtidal reefs and rocks.

[After Dixon & Huisman, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 273 (2015)]

John Huisman and Cheryl Parker, 3 August 2021

Distribution

IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.