- Reference
- Phycol.Brit. Pl. CCXXXVIII (1849)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus light green, in loose skeins tangled with other algae or growing as solitary tufts from a small pad, composed of unbranched filaments with rare lateral outgrowths arising as a projection from the parent cells, these occasionally absent. Cells with 1 or 2 pyrenoids, cylindrical, 15–30 μm diam. [L:B 1–7]; walls 3–7 μm thick.
Distribution. Widespread in most seas; probably throughout Australia, but often overlooked due to its small size.
[After Huisman & Leliaert, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 57 (2015)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Perth, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Carnarvon, Manjimup, Peppermint Grove, Wyndham-East Kimberley.