species: Neogoniolithon fosliei in taxonomy (Gaia 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.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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References

  • Domm, S.B. and W. Deas (1976). Corals of the Great Barrier Reef Ure Smith, Sydney. LIRS catalog number 5.
  • Harrington, L.M. (2004). Ecology of crustose coralline algae; interactions with scleractinian corals and responses to environmental conditions, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 928.
  • Harrington, L.., K. Fabricius, G. De'ath and A. Negri (2004). Recognition and selection of settlement substrata determine post-settlement survival in corals. Ecology, 85: 3428-3437. LIRS catalog number 1630.
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