Taonia atomaria (Woodward) J. Agardh
Description: Thallus flat and leaf-like, to 300 mm long (usually 100-150 mm) and 10-40 mm broad; fronds thin and translucent, olive to yellow-brown, irrregularly forked-lacinate, lacking a midrib; reproductive structures characteristically formed in bands.
Habitat: pools from mid-tide and below in summer; generally associated with sand.
Distribution: Widely distributed and common in the S and W.
Key characteristics: Absence of midrib, lacinate forking, reproductive structures in bands.
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