- Reference
- Crypt.Aquat. 1 (1803)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus medium green, erect but flaccid, proliferous from near the base, 3–6 cm high and 2–8 mm broad. Cells in longitudinal rows throughout most of the thallus and in many parts also in transverse rows, angular and square to rectangular, (10–)14–18 µm long and 8–12 µm broad; chloroplast parietal, usually with 2–3 pyrenoids per cell.
Reproduction. Generations isomorphic; gametophytes dioecious and anisogamous, with apomictic development of gametes.
Distribution. Cosmopolitan?
[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 157 (1984), as Enteromorpha flexuosa]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Perth, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Fremantle, Joondalup, Karratha, Perth, Shark Bay, South Perth, Wyndham-East Kimberley.