Abstract

Abstract A finely pinnately branched species of Grateloupia not seen previously in New Zealand was collected in Tauranga, New Zealand, growing on a tug boat. Molecular sequencing data (rbcL) revealed it to be Grateloupia subpectinata, a species first described from Japan, and also reported as native to Korea and China, and introduced to Britain, France, and Australia. The only species of Grateloupia with morphology similar to G. subpectinata in the New Zealand region is G. prolifera from the Chatham Islands. A sequence of this species was obtained for comparative purposes and found to be distinct from G. subpectinata.

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