Dictyopteris serrata (Aresch.) Hoyt
Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 460 (1920)
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 upright, yellow-brown to dark brown, to 45 cm in height, dichotomously branched. Axes flattened, 8–30 mm broad, with a prominent midrib and faint veins running from the midrib in an irregular alternate pattern, extending obliquely towards, but not reaching, the margin. Marginal serrations conspicuous. Lower axes often denuded. Hair tufts scattered across the thallus surface.
Reproduction. Sporangia ovoid or spherical, 120–150 µm in diameter, scattered singly or in small groups of usually two or three. Other reproduction unknown.
Distribution.
Known from the
Habitat. Epilithic in the subtidal.
