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Codium dwarkense Børgesen

Reference
J.Indian Bot.Soc. 16:6, Figs 3-5 (1937)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current
1000 km
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Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Thallus mostly upright but with lower branches sometimes repent, dark green, attached to the substratum by a spongy base, with terete, dichotomously branched axes. Utricles often slightly unevenly constricted below the apex, medullary siphons with a plug closely adjacent to the point of departure from the utricle.

Distribution. Known from India, east Africa, and north-western Australia.

Habitat. Epilithic in the intertidal.

John Huisman & Cheryl Parker, 3 August 2021

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Pindanland, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, North West Shelf, Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Karratha, Wyndham-East Kimberley.