- Reference
- Nova Hedwigia 1:38 (1959)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus forming tufts on intertidal rock, with prostrate and erect axes, 3–5 mm tall. Prostrate axes 20–35 µm diam. [cells L:B 2–4]. Erect axes arising medially from cells of prostrate axes, simple, 20–25 µm diam. [cells L:B 1.5–3 (shortest after division)]. Cells with plastids arranged in a stellate pattern around a central pyrenoid. Reproductive structures not observed.
Distribution. Widespread in most seas.
Habitat. Generally epilithic in the intertidal.
[After Huisman, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 184 (2015)]
Distribution
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome.