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Udotea argentea (Bryopsidales: Udoteacea), a new record for the Hawaiian Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2010

Julie H. Bailey-Brock  and
Wagner F. Magalhães
Julie H. Bailey-Brock*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai'i, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Wagner F. Magalhães
Affiliation:
Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai'i, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.H. Bailey-Brock, Department of Zoology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA email: jbrock@hawaii.edu
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Abstract

Udotea argentea, a broadly distributed Indo-Pacific seaweed, has been collected for the first time on the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii. The habit and anatomical features are illustrated and the possible ecological impact to the native benthic community is discussed.

Keywords

UdoteaceaUdotea argenteanew recordOahuHawaii
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e63
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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