- Reference
- Hedwigia 26:43-44 (1887)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus brown, to 15 cm tall, deeply divided into flabellate segments when mature, lightly calcified on the ventral surface. Hairs in concentric lines on the dorsal surface. Fronds with 3 or 4 cell layers in the upper thallus and 4 layers in the middle and lower thallus. Non-indusiate sporangial sori on both sides of hair lines on the dorsal surface.
Distribution. Pantropical. In Australia known from Dampier, W.A., presumably across northern Australia to Townsville, Qld.
Habitat. Epilithic in the intertidal and shallow subtidal.
[After Huisman & Phillips, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 214 (2015)]
Distribution
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Karratha.