- Reference
- Dansk Bot.Ark. 3:58, Figs 60-61 (1915)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus largely or entirely endophytic (usually in Liagoraceae), originating from persistent septate or non-persistent aseptate spores. Prostrate system of sparingly and irregularly branched discrete filaments creeping within the host; cells irregular to subcylindrical, 12–80 µm long, 6–15 µm diam. [L:B 1–8]. Erect filaments simple or sparingly and irregularly branched, to 400 µm long; cells irregular to cylindrical, 15–50 µm long, 3–15 µm diam. [L:B 1–5]. Plastids lobate to stellate. Terminal and pseudolateral hairs to 450 µm long.
Reproduction. Monosporangia ovoid, 13–35 µm long, 10–18 µm diam., terminal or lateral, sessile or stalked, on prostrate or erect filaments.
Distribution. Widespread in tropical to temperate seas.
Habitat. Generally endophytic in species of Liagoraceae.
[After J.M. Huisman & W.J. Woelkerling in Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae: 20 (2018)]