Abstract
The red alga Antithamnion nipponicum was discovered on the west coast of Norway, south of Bergen in 2007. From its native range in Japan and Korea the alga was first introduced to the Mediterranean Sea in 1988. Except for a possible report from the Azores (as A. pectinatum) there are no published records from European Atlantic coasts. The introduction to Norway most likely occurred via fouling on ship hulls, or by ballast water. Vegetative and tetrasporangium-bearing plants were found, and the specimens conform to the detailed description recently published by Cho et al. (2005), based on material from Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America where the alga is also a recent introduction.
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