- Reference
- Univ.Calif.Publ.Bot. 12:72, Pl. 8, Figs 4-6 (1926)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus forming dense prostrate mats composed of stiff irregularly curved decumbent filaments attached by numerous rhizoidal branchlets, septate or non-septate. Cells (225-) 275–400 (–550) µm diam. [L:B 0.75–3 (–4)].
Distribution. Widespread in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Habitat. Generally epilithic in the high intertidal, on rock associated with sand.
[After Huisman & Leliaert, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 49 (2015)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Roebourne.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Karratha.