- Reference
- J.Indian Bot.Soc. 16:6, Figs 3-5 (1937)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus mostly upright but with lower branches sometimes repent, dark green, attached to the substratum by a spongy base, with terete, dichotomously branched axes. Utricles often slightly unevenly constricted below the apex, medullary siphons with a plug closely adjacent to the point of departure from the utricle.
Distribution. Known from India, east Africa, and north-western Australia.
Habitat. Epilithic in the intertidal.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Pindanland, Roebourne.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley, North West Shelf, Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Karratha, Wyndham-East Kimberley.