- Reference
- Mus.Senckenberg. 2:173 (1837)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus green, often slightly translucent when living, spreading laterally to 50 cm, with stolons 1.0–2.5 mm diam. Rachises unbranched or sparingly branched, to 9 cm tall, sparingly to rather densely covered with randomly arranged spherical ramuli 0.8–1.5 mm diam., often slightly elongate, the ramuli with a faint constriction between the stalk and the distal sphere.
Distribution. Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific. In W.A. south to the Houtman Abrolhos Islands.
Habitat. Associated with sandy substrata in the intertidal and shallow subtidal.
[After Belton, Huisman & Gurgel, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 91 (2015)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Mitchell, Pindanland, Roebourne, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Abrolhos Islands, Canning, Central West Coast, Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Ningaloo, North West Shelf, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Cockburn, Cocos Islands, Dandaragan, Derby-West Kimberley, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Karratha, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Wyndham-East Kimberley.