Occurrence of the marine yellow-green algae Vaucheria velutina C. Agardh and Vaucheria longicaulis Hoppaugh (Xanthophyceae: Vaucheriaceae) in Auckland, New Zealand

摘要

The yellow-green algae Vaucheria velutina and Vaucheria longicaulis are identified using morphological characters of fertile material from the eastern coastline of Auckland. The former species occurs in extensive low intertidal beds on sheltered, muddy shores. The latter species was found in Orakei Basin, and is a new record for New Zealand.