- Reference
- Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 28-29, Fig. 3E (2015)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus erect, to 9 cm tall, olive-green to grass-green, tufted, with a rhizoidal base. Primary axes 30–200 μm diam. Branching irregular, most axes with uniseriate lateral branches, these alternate or often opposite, 15–20 μm diam. Cells transversely and longitudinally aligned throughout, although often displaced, 10–35 μm diam. in surface view, each with 2–10 pyrenoids <3.5 µm diam. Reproductive thalli with fertile distal regions; cytoplasm of cells rounding and forming 5–7 zoids.
Distribution. Widespread in Australian seas (at least).
Habitat. Epiphytic or epilithic in the intertidal and shallow subtidal.
[After Huisman, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 28 (2015)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Northern Kimberley, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Mitchell, Perth, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Ashburton, Derby-West Kimberley, Fremantle, Karratha, Manjimup, Shark Bay, South Perth, Wyndham-East Kimberley.