Jania micrarthrodia
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Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Geraldton (WA) to Walkerville (Vic) and around Tasmania and NSW [15]
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Found on larger brown algae on rough-water coasts
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Flower Description:
N/A
Habit:
Epilithic or epiphytic red algae, but epilithic plants are less common. Pink to medium red or red-brown tufted thallus to 2-4 cm high
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
The intergenicula contains only a single tier (occasionally two) of medullary cells
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Conservation status:
N/A
References:
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Womersley, H. B. S. (1996). “The marine benthic flora of Southern Australia. Rhodophyta. Part IIIB, Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales”. ABRS, Canberra.