Bornetella sphaerica (Zanardini) Solms-Laubach
Spherical turtle shell
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Family:  Dasycladaceae ()
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Environment:  sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 65 m
Distribution:  Indo-Pacific: from Tanzania to Japan, Philippines and Hawaiian Islands.
Diagnosis:  Thallus bright green, spherical to oval and mostly less than 10 mm in diameter, attached to substrate by a disc-like holdfast. Stipe slender and cylindrical, broader at its distal end and continuous with the central axis which extends 1/2 to 2/3 of the length of thallus.Whorls of delicate primary lateral filaments arise from the central axis, bearing many laterally attached aplanosporangia. Primary lateral filaments terminate in a whorl of filiform branches with laterally coherent inflated hexagonal ends, forming a monostromatic cortex. Thalli 5 to 6 mm in diameter (Ref. 80758).
Biology:  Forms colonies on rocks or dead coral branches in lower intertidal areas, sometimes exposed during low tide (Ref. 80758).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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