- Reference
- Bot.Mar. 50:121 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus epiphytic, to 1 mm tall, arising from the persistent original spore that remains as a unicellular base the same size or slightly larger than other cells. Filaments erect, moderately and irregularly branched, tapering towards the apices. Cells terete, 13–20 µm long, 3–4 µm diam. [L:B 2–5], each with a parietal lobed plastid and a single pyrenoid. Monosporangia ellipsoidal, 9–11 µm long, 5–7 µm diam., arising singly or in pairs, sessile or stalked.
Reproduction. Monosporangia ellipsoidal, 9–11 µm long, 5–7 µm diam., arising singly or in pairs, sessile or stalked.
Distribution. Known from the Sargasso Sea, the Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, the Canary Islands and north-western Australia.
[After J.M. Huisman & W.J. Woelkerling in Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae: 26–27 (2018)]