Nemalion multifidum

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Common Name:

N/A

Family:

Liagoraceae

Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):

World-wide on temperate coasts during summer [17]
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):

Rocky headlands, mid eulittoral, during summer (August to early March) 1

Flower Description:

N/A

Habit:

Red algae with brown-purple thallus 5-20 cm high. Basally divided into two unequal parts 1

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Conservation status:

N/A

References:

1 Womersley, H. B. S. (1994). “The marine benthic flora of Southern Australia. Rhodophyta. Part IIIA, Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato)”. ABRS, Canberra.