Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Marine and brackish waters, rarely in freshwater. In salt marshes commonly forming extensive mats of intertwining filaments. Common intertidally either as scattered individuals or as clumps of filaments on exposed rocks or in pools. Often beneath other algae1
Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
This species has a thallus of unbranched filaments, filaments are usually robust and either erect with an elongate basal attachment cell or loose-lying without basal cells2
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