- Reference
- Algern.Syst. 23:101, Pl. I, Fig. 5 (1887)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus dark green, shiny, to 4 cm tall, forming a hummock comprised of closely appressed vesiculate filaments. Filaments mostly upright, subdichotomously or irregularly branched from distal region of subtending cell. Cells (segments) cylindrical, ellipsoidal or clavate, 3–6 mm in diameter by 5–7 mm long.
Distribution. Widespread in warmer waters of the Indo-West Pacific.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Pindanland.
- IMCRA Regions
- Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Carnarvon, Exmouth, Karratha.