#sargassaceae

[drhoz]

#3795 - Cystophora scalaris - Ladder Weed 

Endemic to NZ and the Chathams, where it grows to about 1m in length in the intertidal zone to just below the intertidal, on semi-sheltered reefs. The zigzag of the stipe may give it more elasticity in the face of the rough surf on many NZ coastlines.

Bushy Beach, Oamaru, Aotearoa New Zealand

[drhoz]

#3794 - Cystophora retroflexa

First described as Fucus retroflexus by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière in 1807. It became the type species of the genus Cystophora in 1848, when it was renamed by Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist J.G. Agardh in 1848. 'retroflexa' refers to the way the lateral branches of the fronds are bent backwards.

A brown algae found on NZ and Australian coastlines, but preferring more sheltered reefs than other Cystophora species.

Bushy Beach, Oamaru, Aotearoa New Zealand

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#2747 - Sargassum sinclairii

Described by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1845, in his Algae Novae Zelandiae; being a catalogue of all of the species of algae yet recorded as inhabiting the shores of New Zealand, with characters and brief descriptions of the new species discovered during the voyage of H.M. discovery ships "Erebus" and "Terror" and of others communicated to Sir W. Hooker by Dr. Sinclair, the Rev. Colenso, and M. Raoul. London Journal of Botany 4: 521-551. He named this one after Dr Andrew Sinclair (1794–1861), a surgeon, collector, and second Colonial Secretary to New Zealand. 15 other plants are named after him as well.

The most common Sargassum species in Aotearoa, and apparently more rarely recorded along the eastern coast of Australia.

Most brown macroalgae prefer cooler waters, but many Sargassum species live in temperate and tropical oceans. A few species are pelagic - floating in the open ocean for their entire lives. The Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic is named after the large quantities of the seaweed drifting on the surface. A good number of species including the Gulfweed Crab Planes minutus and the Sargassum Anglerfish Histrio histrio have evolved to live in the floating forests.

In the last decade or so, populations of the floating seaweed have exploded, inundating the beachs of several Caribbean islands up to a meter deep. This seems to be related to fertilizer runoff from the Amazon basin.

Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

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also if it were a tablet i dislike those touchscreens and would probably have to get a regular keyboard to go along with it which would render the entire setup bulky

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