- Reference
- Jongma et al., Bot.Mar. 56:36 (2013)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus medium to dark green, spreading laterally to 15 cm, with smooth slender stolons 0.5–1.0 mm diam. Assimilators to 8 cm tall, simple to several times branched. Rachis basally terete, becoming distally compressed, 0.5–1.0 mm wide, bearing opposite distichously arranged closely adjacent ramuli. Ramuli flattened, 1–2 (–3) mm long, slightly upwardly curved and broadest (0.2–0.5 mm) just above the slightly constricted base, tapering to a broad and pointed apex.
Distribution. In W.A., this species is known from Ningaloo Reef south to Albany; invasive in Sicily and Turkey.
Habitat. Epilithic.
[After Belton, Huisman & Gurgel, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 98 (2015)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cockburn, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Rockingham, Wanneroo.