The Gracilariales is a red macroalgal order and the main global source of the economically
important agar, a marine phycocolloid. Independent comparative morphological and …

Nothogenia fastigiata has been reported to exhibit great morphological variability and has
been considered to be widely distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. To test its current …

Pterocladia lucida (Gelidiales), an important agar source in New Zealand, commonly occurs
subtidally in Australia and New Zealand and is very variable in morphology. In the present …

Seaweeds are utilized worldwide for food, phycocolloids, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
Phycocolloids are considered as one of major commercial seaweed extract with high market …

As at the 30th November 2018, there are 919 species of marine macroalgae recognised
from the New Zealand region, spanning from Rangitāhua/Kermadec Islands in the north to …

Florideophyceae is the most species rich red algal class, including large numbers of well-
studied, economically important species and lesser-known clades. We present the complete …

Recent collections in northern New Zealand and New Caledonia revealed a single
undescribed species of Platoma in each of these countries. Platoma novae-zealandiae sp …

A new species of Predaea (Rhodophyta, Nemastomatales) was discovered from collections
made in Fiordland, the southwestern region of the South Island, New Zealand (c. 45° S) …

The nomenclatural history of the New Zealand members of the red algal order Gracilariales
is summarized, including lectotypification of three species and the provision of a name …

Macroalgae data provided by the herbarium housed at IRD Noumea. Data are referred to
genus and species of sampled specimens along with taxonomical authorship; …