New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
Invasive marine red alga introduced to New Zealand waters: first record of Grateloupia turuturu (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta)
R. D'Archino
W. A. Nelson
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
Private Bag 14—901
Wellington, New Zealand
G. C. Zuccarello
Centre for Marine Environmental and Economic Research
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand
Abstract The red alga Grateloupia turuturu is
recorded from New Zealand waters for the first time. This species,
native to Japan, is considered to be invasive in western Europe, North
America, and Tasmania. The occurrence of G. turuturu is confirmed by molecular analysis of chloroplast-encoded rbcL and mitochondrial cox2—3 spacer sequences as well as the vegetative and reproductive anatomy of both tetrasporophyte and gametophyte specimens.
Keywords invasive macroalga; rbcL; cox 2—3 spacer; Rhodophyta; New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2007, Vol. 41: 35—42
0028—8330/07/4101—0035 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2007
M06055; Online publication date 9 February 2007. Received 29 August 2006; accepted 7 November 2006
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