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- Title
New records of marine benthic algae from New South Wales, eastern Australia.
- Authors
Millar, Alan J. K.
- Abstract
Twenty-four species of marine macroalgae are recorded from the mainland coast of New South Wales for the first time. One species, Laurencia platyclada Boergesen, represents a new record for Australia and the Pacific Ocean. Included in these new records is the introduced, invasive and cold-tolerant strain of the green alga Caulerpa taxifolia, which was formerly known only as native, non-invasive populations from Lord Howe Island. Based on published accounts, the composition of the marine benthic algae for the state of New South Wales now stands at 131 green, 140 brown and 449 red macroalgae. This baseline information adds significantly to our knowledge of the overall marine biodiversity of the state, as well as to the phycogeography of the southwestern Pacific region.
- Subjects
LORD Howe Island (N.S.W.); NEW South Wales; CAULERPA taxifolia; MARINE algae; MARINE biology; GREEN algae
- Publication
Phycological Research, 2004, Vol 52, Issue 2, p117
- ISSN
1322-0829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1835.2004.tb00320.x