Cladophoropsis herpestica (Mont.) M.Howe
Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 31 (1914)
Conservation Code:
Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Scientific Description
John Huisman & Cheryl Parker,
Monday 20 June 2011
Habit and structure. Thallus dark green, forming firm, compact cushions up to 15 cm across and (0.5–)1–1.5 cm thick, with basally entangled filaments and the upper filaments erect or sloping but crowded. Filaments 240–340(–370) µm in diameter, with lateral branches from below a cross wall and usually a long, descending rhizoid from the basal pole of the upper cell; laterals arising well separated or 2–4 clustered from relatively short cells (L/B (1–)2–5); upper cells very long; wall 20–40 µm thick; chloroplast reticulate, with numerous pyrenoids.
Reproduction. Unknown.
Distribution. In southern Australia, from Point Peron and Hopetoun, W. Aust., from the Head of the Great Australian Bight to Elliston, S. Aust., and from Encounter Bay, S. Aust., and Qld.
Habitat. Generally in shaded areas just above or below low tide level under moderate water movement.
[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 184 (1984), as Cladophoropsis herpestica]
