- Reference
- Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae 462-463, 466, Fig. 131A-D (2018)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus erect, to 2 mm tall, with several branches arising from the base, simple or with 1 or 2 second-order branches arising from the midrib. Branches leaf-like, spathulate, 0.6–1.0 mm wide, with rounded or flattened occasionally indented apices and smooth margins. Structure with only some cells of second-order cell rows bearing third-order rows.
Reproduction. Bisporangia spherical, with a median division, 35–40 µm diam. when mature, arising in limited sori near the apices, the sori covering the midline, with sporangia arranged in 1 or 2 longitudinal lines on either side of the midrib; central sporangia more mature. Lateral pericentral cells involved in sporangium production.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality: North Maret Island, Western Australia.
Habitat. Epiphytic on Halimeda sp.
[After J.M. Huisman & S.-M. Lin in Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae: 462–466 (2018)]
Distribution
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Wyndham-East Kimberley.