Dictyosphaeria versluysii Weber Bosse
Nuova Notarisa 144 (1905)
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 greyish green, hemispherical or irregularly shaped, often flattened, very tough, to 15 mm in diameter, composed of large cells 1–1.5 mm in diameter, solid when mature. Adjacent cells attached to one another by rows of markedly smaller hapteroid cells at segment junctions. Spinulose trabeculae present on the inner cells walls.
Habitat. Epilithic in the intertidal and shallow subtidal, often in small clusters.
