species: Neogoniolithon fosliei in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Neogoniolithon fosliei


©Emma Kennedy: Neogoniolithon fosliei at Yonge Reef near Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Emma Kennedy, Griffith University.

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Rhodophyta
Class Florideophyceae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Genus Neogoniolithon
Species Neogoniolithon fosliei

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Distinguishing features

A heavily calcified purplish-red crustose coralline alga that forms thick crusts. Littler and Littler (2003) note that surface is often smooth and glossy due to sloughing of the surface layer to rid epiphytes, dull when reproductive.

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Littler, D.S. and M.M. Littler (2003). South Pacific Reef Plants: A diver's guide to the plant life of South Pacific coral reefs. Offshore Graphics Inc, Washington DC, USA.

Other references

  • Bergstrom, E., A. Ordonez, M. Ho, C. Hurd, B. Fry and G. Diaz-Pulido (2020). Inorganic carbon uptake strategies in coralline algae: Plasticity across evolutionary lineages under ocean acidification and warming. Marine Environmental Research, 161: 105107. LIRS catalog number 2450.
  • Domm, S.B. and W. Deas (1976). Corals of the Great Barrier Reef Ure Smith, Sydney. LIRS catalog number 5.
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