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- Reference
- Mar.Benth.Fl.S.Australia 1:131, Fig. 41D, E (1984)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thalli isolated or rarely of clustered filaments, unbranched, slightly arching, epiphytic, to 350 µm long, attached to the host by a gelatinous basal pad, rarely with additional cells at the base. Cells 5.0–7.5 µm diam. near the base [L:B 1.5–2], to 12 μm diam. distally [L:B c. 3], with 1 (–4) pyrenoids. Reproduction not observed, but several filaments with empty apical cells were seen, suggesting these had functioned as sporangia.
Distribution. Occurs in southern and western Australia, Lord Howe Island, the Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia and the Hawaiian Islands.
[After Huisman, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 17 (2015)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Northern Kimberley, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mitchell, Warren, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Manjimup, Shark Bay, Wyndham-East Kimberley.