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Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh

Reference
Spec.Alg. 1:429-430 (1823)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Thallus medium green to dark green, glossy, to 5 cm tall, irregularly sprawling or forming hemispherical hummocks. Filaments irregularly branched, mostly from the distal region of subtending cells, occasionally lower; segments 3–7 mm long and 1–2 (–3) mm diam.

Distribution. Widespread in warmer seas, including eastern Australian waters, rare in north western Australia. This species can form dense populations of unattached thalli in Italian lagoons.

Habitat. Epilithic.

[After Huisman & Leliaert, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 66 (2015)]

John Huisman and Cheryl Parker, 3 August 2021

Distribution

IMCRA Regions
Canning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Cocos Islands.