- Reference
- Biol.Meddel.Kongel.Danske Vidensk.Selsk. 11(6):10, Fig. 1-2 (1934)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus medium to dark green, forming densely packed clumps on intertidal rocks, to 8 cm (probably more) in extent. Axes generally erect, usually slightly curved distally and verticillately, umbellately or unilaterally branched. Segments cylindrical, mostly to 12 mm long, 800–1000 μm diam. Lower segments divided by regular transverse walls.
Distribution. Widespread in tropical seas.
Habitat. Epilithic in the intertidal and shallow subtidal.
[After Huisman & Leliaert, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 60 (2015)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Mitchell, Pindanland, Roebourne.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.