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(b) New Zealand

Moko Hinau.

24. Xiphophora community.

  • Oliver, 1923, p. 523.

  • Cranwell and Moore, 1938, p. 391.

Vertical Range: From E. (H.) L.W.N. to M.L.W.M. (or upper sublittoral fringe).

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Fig. 1.—Long Bay: East Coast Mainland Ecklonia radiata vai richardiana and Carpophyllum maschalocarpum with laminae cast over exposed, sublittoral fringe rocks in the direction of on shore waves.
Fig. 2.—Station 25. Pohutukawa Flat. Little Barrier Island: Irregular zonation patterns on boulders in the lithothamnia and algal turf belts Nemastoma oligarthra appears as black dots at the top left. Cellana sp. and young Codium adhaerens var contolutum are above the mixed algal truf.

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Occurrence:

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