Biodiversity of Australian Marine Macroalgae — A Progress Report

Huisman, John M.; Cowan, R.A.; Entwisle, Timothy J.

doi:10.1515/botm.1998.41.1-6.89

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“…The southern-most latitude is 358 S (Albany region) (Womersley, 1984). The exact northern and eastern limits are unknown, due to the paucity of published records from the tropical coast of Western Australia (see Huisman et al 1998), but it has not been reported from Shark Bay or the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (where var. laetevirens and var.…”

Section: The Vector Of Introduction Into the Mediterranean Seamentioning

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On the identity and origin of the Mediterranean invasiveCaulerpa racemosa(Caulerpales, Chlorophyta)

Verlaque

Durand

Huisman

et al. 2003

European Journal of Phycology

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Recent morphological and genetic studies on the Caulerpa racemosa (Forsska˚l) J. Agardh complex have demonstrated that three taxa occur in the Mediterranean Sea. One of them, the 'invasive variety', provisionally regarded as close to C. racemosa var. occidentalis J. Agardh, is currently spreading spectacularly throughout the Mediterranean. On the basis of new morphological and molecular studies (rDNA ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 sequences), we confirm here that this invasion is the result of a recent introduction and we identify the invasive variety as Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder, endemic to south-west Australia, and currently known as C. racemosa var. laetevirens f. cylindracea (Sonder) Weber-van Bosse. C. cylindracea differs from the tropical north Australian C. laetevirens Montagne by its slender thallus, lack of large rhizoidal pillars, the slight inflation of the basal part of the upright axes immediately above the attachment to the stolon, by the range of morphological variations (branchlets clavate to cylindrical but never trumpet-like or shield-like) and by the rDNA ITS sequence data. The new combination C. racemosa var. cylindracea (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman et Boudouresque is therefore proposed.

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Section: The Vector Of Introduction Into the Mediterranean Seamentioning

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On the identity and origin of the Mediterranean invasiveCaulerpa racemosa(Caulerpales, Chlorophyta)

Verlaque

Durand

Huisman

et al. 2003

European Journal of Phycology

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“…The only other brown alga regularly encountered was the crustose form of Lobophora variegata (Figure Table 3 Macroalgal species recorded from various localities (partially from Huisman et al, 1998) …”

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“…However, much of the Indo-Pacific region is also currently poorly known, particularly so tropical northwestern Australia where, up until some 8 years ago, less than 30 algal species were recorded (Huisman et al, 1998). Ongoing studies are rapidly changing this situation and presently the known (but mostly unpublished) northwestern Australian flora totals over 350 species.…”

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Marine Benthic Plants of Western Australia’s Shelf-Edge Atolls

Huisman¹,

Leliaert²,

Verbruggen³

et al. 2009

Rec West Aust Mus Sup

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-One hundred and twenty-one species of marine algae, seagrasses and cyanobacteria are reported from the offshore atolls of northwestern Western Australia (the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef). Included are 65 species of Rhodophyta, 40 species of Chlorophyta, nine species of Phaeophyceae, three species of Cyanophyta and four species of seagrasses. This report presents the first detailed account of marine benthic algae from these atolls. Twenty-four species are newly recorded for Western Australia, with four species (Anadyomene wrightii, Rhipilia nigrescens, Ceramium krameri and Zellera tawallina) also newly recorded for Australia.

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“…This apparent rare occurrence of the species on northern and western Australian coasts very likely reflects the paucity of algal collections in these remote regions, which still remain relatively thinly settled and poorly studied scientifically. Prior to a recent publication which reported some macroalgal collections from tropical WA (Huisman 2000), only 28 marine macroalgal species had been recorded from this coastline, which is several thousand kilometres in length and for which records of at least 300 species could be expected (Huisman et al 1998). The wide distribution of C. taxifolia in tropical seas (Harvey 1860, Weber-van Bosse 1913, Silva et al 1996, including in regions to Australia's immediate north such as Indonesia (Weber van Bosse 1898, 1913, Coppejans & Prud'Homme van Reine 1992), also suggests that C. taxifolia is probably more widespread on tropical northern and western Australian coasts than collections for the region presently indicate.…”

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