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Corallophila kleiwegii Weber Bosse

Reference
Liste Alg.Siboga 3:339-340, Figs 129, 130 (1923)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Thallus erect, to 2.5 mm tall, sparingly branched, attached to the substratum by rhizoids with digitate pads arising from basal segments. Axes 130–150 µm diam. [segment L:B 0.6–0.75]. Nodes with 6–8 periaxial cells, each cutting off 2 acropetal and 2 basipetal cells, each of these cutting off 4 cells, with 2 proximal cells in the basipetal group each forming a descending cortical filament. Descending filaments lying parallel and forming a cortical layer over the axial cell, with longitudinally elongate cells that are mostly aligned in transverse rows.

Reproduction. Reproductive structures not observed.

Distribution. Known from tropical regions of the Indo-Pacific, its distribution includes the Great Barrier Reef.

Habitat. Epiphytic or epilithic in the subtidal.

[After J.M. Huisman in Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae: 411–412 (2018)]