New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Records of adventive marine algae in New Zealand: Antithamnionella ternifolia, Polysiphonia senticulosa (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta), and Striaria attenuata (Dictyosiphonales, Phaeophyta)

WENDY A. NELSON

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P. O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand

CHRISTINE A. MAGGS

School of Biology and Biochemistry
The Queen's University of Belfast
Belfast BT9 7BL
Northern Ireland

Abstract  Three species of introduced marine macroalgae are reported for Wellington Harbour (North Island, New Zealand). One of these, Polysiphonia senticulosa (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) is illustrated from New Zealand for the first time, and the known distributional ranges of two species, Striaria attenuata (Dictyosiphonales, Phaeophyta) and Antithamnionella ternifolia (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta), are extended to the North Island.

Keywords  adventive algae; introduced seaweeds; Antithamnionella ternifolia (Hook.f. et Harv.) Lyle; Polysiphonia senticulosa Harv.; Striaria attenuata Grev.; New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1996: Vol 30: 449-453

0028-8330/96/3004-0449 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1996

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