Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus
General description:
Stems straggling, to 4 cm long, alternately, but irregularly branched. Nodes present on stem and branches, stem internodes indistinct, 1-3 annular constrictions at junction of branch with stem; several branches terminating in tangled anastomoses. Hydrothecae somewhat conical, with a slight concavity in middle of abcauline wall; a fine diagonal line running from the base of the adcauline wall to a small internal peg in the flexure of the abcauline wall.
Distribution:
Southern Australia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia).
Habitat:
Subtidal, epizoic on bryozoans.