List of seaweeds and marine flowering plants of Australia (temperate waters)

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The list of seaweeds and marine flowering plants of Australia (temperate waters) is a list of marine species that form a part of the flora of Australia.

The geographical range is from Perth, Western Australia to New South Wales, and those tropical species which are also found in this range may also be listed here.

The listed organisms are generally identifiable to the naked eye. Many microscopic algae also inhabit this region.

Ranges are generally given relating to Australian waters. If listed as endemic, they have been found only in the listed range. Others may have much greater ranges.

Phylum (Division) Heterokontophyta[]

(Brown algae, brown seaweeds)

Family

  • Leatherweed Leathesia difformis (Linnaeus) Areschoug (Point Westall, South Australia, to Ulladulla, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also widely distributed overseas.)[1]

Family Chordariaceae

  • Brown spaghetti weed (Harvey) Kylin (Safety Bay, Western Australia, to Nowra, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also widely distributed overseas.)[1]

Family Splachnidiaceae

  • Neptune's fingers (Linnaeus) Greville (Point Sinclair, South Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also South Africa, New Zealand and several subantarctic islands.)[1]

Family

  • Twisted filament weed (Suhr) Prud’homme van Reine (Port Willunga, South Australia, to Newcastle, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand, Chile and several subantarctic Islands.)[1]

Family Cladostephaceae

  • Bushy brown alga (Hudson) C. Agardh (Yanchep, Western Australia, to Keppel Bay, Queensland, and around Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]

Family Dictyotaceae

  • Brown forkweed Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) Lamouroux (Around Australia including Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Hairy forkweed (J. Agardh) Womersley (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Crinkleweed J. Agardh (Port Stanvac, South Australia, to Noosa, Queensland, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Eastern forkweed (Zanardini) Allender & Kraft (Jervis Bay, New South Wales, to Caloundra, Queensland. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]
  • Mueller's forkweed (Sonder) Reinbold (Port Gregory, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Agardh's forkweed (J. Agardh) Boergesen (Warrnambool, Victoria, to Rockingham, Queensland, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Southern forkweed (Sonder) Askenasy (Dampier, Western Australia, to Port Noarlunga, South Australia. Also Queensland, Lord Howe Island, and widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Stringy forkweed (J. Agardh) J. Agardh (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Spiralled forkweed Areschoug (Nickol Bay, Western Australia, to Eden, New South Wales, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Elegant padina Koh ex Womersley (Dongara, Western Australia, to Pearson Island, South Australia.)[1]
  • Thickened padina Yamada (Tropical Australia south to Narooma, New South Wales. Also Lord Howe Island and widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[1]
  • Thin-leaf fanweed (Kützing) Papenfuss (Elliston, South Australia, to Eden, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fanweed J. Agardh (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Spiral fanweed (J. Agardh) Papenfuss (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Flinders, Victoria.)[1]
  • Sydney fanweed J. Agardh (Green Cape to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.)[1]
  • Peacockweed Lobophora variegata (Lamouroux) Womersley (Around Australia. Also widespread overseas.)
  • Southern peacockweed Womersley (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and northern and eastern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Banded fanweed Weber-van Bosse (Tropical Australia south to Rottnest Island, Western Australia, and Jervis Bay, New South Wales. Also Lord Howe Island, and widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[1]
  • Split fanweed J. Agardh (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]

Family Sporochnaceae

  • Stackhouse's seaweed (Stackhouse) Batters (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Port Stephens (New South Wales), and around Tasmania. Also widely distributed overseas.)[1]
  • Common tuftweed C. Agardh (Dongara, Western Australia, to Calliope River, Queensland, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Open tuftweed Turner (C. Agardh) (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Botany Bay, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Spiky tuftweed (Labillardière) Womersley (West Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Clifton's tuftweed Harvey (Kalbarri, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria.)[1]
  • Chimney-brush seaweed Harvey (Ceduna, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also Noosa, Queensland.)[1]

Family Scytosiphonaceae

  • Tubular stringweed Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link (Cottesloe, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also widely distributed overseas.)
  • Lace ballweed (C. Agardh) Howe (Around Australian mainland. Also widely distributed overseas.)[1]
  • Sinuous ballweed Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbes & Solier (Widespread around Australia and overseas.)[1]
  • Smooth ballweed Colpomenia peregrina (Sauvageau) Hamel (Albany, Western Australia, to Heron Island, Queensland, and around Tasmania. Also widely distributed overseas.)[1]

Family

  • Bulbous ballweed Lamouroux (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Port Stephens (New South Wales), and around Tasmania. Also widely distributed overseas.)[1]

Family Lessoniaceae

  • Strapweed Lucas (Phillip Island, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh (Eastern, southern and western Tasmania. Also New Zealand, subantarctic islands, South America and the Pacific coast of North America.)[1]
  • Northern giant kelp, string kelp Bory (Cape Jaffa, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania. Also South Africa.)[1]

Family Alariaceae

  • Common kelp Ecklonia radiata (C. Agardh) J. Agardh (Kalbarri, Western Australia, to Caloundra, Queensland, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Japanese kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar (Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, and D’Entrecasteaux Channel to Coles Bay, Tasmania. Also Japan, China, New Zealand and France.)[1]

Family Notheiaceae

  • Neptune's string Notheia anomala Harvey & Bailey (Albany, Western Australia, to Port Stephens (New South Wales), and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]

Family Durvillaeaceae

  • Bull kelp Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) Areschoug (Cape Jaffa, South Australia, to Bermagui, New South Wales, and western, southern and eastern Tasmania.)[1]

Family Hormosiraceae

  • Neptune's necklace Hormosira banksii (Turner) Decaisne (Albany, Western Australia, to Arrawarra, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Branched daggerweed (R. Brown ex Turner) Montagne ex Harvey (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Daggerweed (Labillardière) Montagne ex Kjellman (Western Port, Victoria, and eastern, western and southern Tasmania.)[1]

Family Seirococcaceae

  • Crayweed Phyllospora comosa (Labillardière) C. Agardh (Robe, South Australia, to Port Macquarie, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Bristled crayweed (R. Brown ex Turner) Greville (Fishery Bay, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Western crayweed (Turner) Greville (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Point Lonsdale, Victoria, and Georgetown, Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Flat-leafed seaweed Sonder (Geraldton to Cape Riche, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Sawtooth seaweed (R. Brown ex Turner) Sonder (Geraldton to Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Three-node seaweed (Forsskål) C. Agardh (Tropical Australia south to Victor Harbor, South Australia, and to Lake Conjola, New South Wales. Also Dunalley, Tasmania, and widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Three corners (Gmelin) Silva (Tropical Australia south to Mandurah, Western Australia, and Port Stephens (New South Wales), and northern Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[1]
  • Serrated myriodesma (Lamouroux) Decaisne (Dongara to Cape Riche, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Oak-leaf myriodesma (Bory) J. Agardh (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Port Elliott, South Australia.)[1]
  • Brown fingerweed Greville (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and northern Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]
  • Succulent seaweed (R. Brown ex Turner) Kützing (Elliston, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Flat-lobed cystophora (Mertens) J. Agardh (Eucla, South Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Zigzag cystophora (Esper) Womersley & Nizamuddin ex Womersley (Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia, to Port Stephens (New South Wales), and around Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]
  • Shore cystophora J. Agardh (Point Sinclair, South Australia, to Portland, Victoria, and Hogan Island, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Greville's cystophora (C. Agardh ex Sonder) J. Agardh (Dongara, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Tasmanian cystophora Harvey (Cape Otway, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Leafy cystophora (Harvey ex Kützing) J. Agardh (Geographe Bay, Western Australia, to Queenscliff, Victoria.)[1]
  • Fishbone cystophora (Greville & C. Agardh ex Sonder) J. Agardh (Perth, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria.)[1]
  • Three-branched cystophora J. Agardh (Nickol Bay, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and south to Freycinet Peninsula Tasmania.)[1]
  • Expansive cystophora J. Agardh (Yallingup, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Grape cystophora Sonder (Perth, Western Australia, to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Brown's cystophora (Turner) J. Agardh (Dongara, Western Australia, to Victor Harbor, South Australia, and Waterhouse Point, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Womersley's cystophora Womersley (Cowaramup Bay, Western Australia, to Kangaroo Island, South Australia.)[1]
  • Western cystophora Womersley (Geographe Bay to Walpole, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Club-leafed cystophora (R. Brown ex Turner) J. Agardh (Apollo Bay to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Open-branched cystophora (Mertens) J. Agardh (Nickol Bay, Western Australia, to Crookhaven Heads, New South Wales, and south to Spring Bay, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Slender cystophora J. Agardh (Geographe Bay, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.[1])
  • Congested cystophora Womersley & Nizamuddin (Elliston, South Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Labillardière's cystophora Cystophora retroflexa (Labillardière) J. Agardh (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Bushy cystophora (Mertens) J. Agardh (Nickol Bay, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Awled cystophora J. Agardh (Point Sinclair, South Australia, to Port Phillip, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Narrow grapeweed (Labillardière) Areschoug (Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Grapeweed (C. Agardh) Areschoug (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and northern and eastern Tasmania. Also Norfolk Island.)[1]
  • Bushy tangleweed (Turner) Areschoug (Ceduna, South Australia, to Port Stephens (New South Wales), and around Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]
  • Spiky tangleweed (J. Agardh) Womersley (Cape Naturaliste to Israelite Bay, Western Australia.)[1]

Family Sargassaceae

  • Multi-shaped sargassum J. Agardh (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to San Remo, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Deciduous sargassum (R. Brown ex Turner) J. Agardh (Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia, to Western Port, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Variable sargassum Sonder (Perth, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Common sargassum (Mertens) C. Agardh (Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Broad-leafed sargassum Sonder (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Ballina, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Surf sargassum (R. Brown ex Turner) C. Agardh (Robe, South Australia, to Mallacoota Point, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Lacerated sargassum (Turner) C. Agardh (Pearson Island, South Australia, to Jervis Bay, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Phylum (Division) Rhodophyta[]

(Red algae, red seaweeds)

Family Bangiaceae

  • Lucas’ laver (R. Brown ex Turner) C. Agardh (Cottesloe, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Southern laver Porphyra columbina Montagne (Elliston, South Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand, South America and subantarctic islands.)[1]

Family

  • Southern liagora Zeh (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family Galaxauraceae

  • Cylindrical galaxaura (Ellis & Solander) Lamouroux (Tropical Australia south to Augusta, Western Australia, and to Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. Also widespread overseas in tropical and subtropical regions.)[1]
  • Leafy galaxaura (Ellis & Solander) Lamouroux (Around the Australian mainland and south to Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Tsinglan alga Tseng (Around the Australian mainland and Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]

Family Gelidiaceae

  • Agarweed (Turner) J. Agardh (Kalbarri, Western Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island and New Zealand.)[1]
  • Pinnate agarweed (Gmelin) Bornet (Perth, Western Australia, to Stradbroke Island, Queensland, and around Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Southern agarweed J. Agardh (Perth, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Red seafan Womersley & Sinkora (Ceduna, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • New Holland seafan Kützing (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family Polyidaceae

  • False coralline Harvey (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Point Roadnight, Victoria.)[1]

Family

  • Southwestern forkweed (Harvey) de Toni (Geraldton to Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Southern forkweed (Hooker & Harvey) Schmitz (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Phillip Island, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Zanardini's red alga Zanardini (Eucla, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Kraft's red alga Womersley & Lewis (Jervis Bay, New South Wales, and southern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Floral red alga (Clemente) C. Agardh (Around Australian mainland. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Western spongeweed (Sonder) Schmitz (Houtman Abrolhos to Albany, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Japanese slipperyweed Grateloupia turuturu Yamada, 1941 (D’Entrecasteaux Channel to Bicheno, Tasmania. Also Japan, Russia, USA, New Zealand, western Africa and Europe.)[1]
  • Red leatherstraps Sonder (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Constricted wireweed (Turner) J. Agardh (Sleaford Bay, South Australia, to Twofold Bay, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Branched spongeweed (J. Agardh) J. Agardh (Nickol Bay, Western Australia, to Ballina, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family Kallymeniaceae

  • Pitted red lettuce Harvey (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Flinders, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Red lettuce Harvey (Gulf St Vincent, South Australia, to Western Port, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Bruny red alga (J. Agardh) Womersley (Bruny Island to Maria Island, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Gelatinous forkweed J. Agardh (Southwestern Western Australia to Flinders, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Turner's red alga (Turner) Womersley (Champion Bay, Western Australia, to Tathra, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Lambert's red alga (Turner) J. Agardh (Ceduna, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Norris’ red alga Womersley & Norris (Head of Great Australian Bight to Gulf St Vincent, South Australia, and southeastern Tasmania.)[1]

Family Phyllophoraceae

  • Delicate red alga (C. Agardh) Montagne ex Harvey (Nuyts Reef, South Australia, to Arrawarra, New South Wales, and northern and eastern Tasmania. Also New Zealand and widespread in the northern hemisphere.)[1]

Family

  • Fereday's red alga (Harvey) Womersley & Kraft (Nuyts Reef, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]

Family Gigartinaceae

  • Variable red alga (Sonder) Edyvane & Womersley (Hamelin Bay, Western Australia, to San Remo, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Recurved gigartina Edyvane & Womersley (Musselroe Bay to Recherche Bay, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Mueller's gigartina Setchell & Gardner (Robe, South Australia, to Port Phillip, Victoria, and around, Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Amphibolis wireweed (C. Agardh) J. Agardh (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and Flinders Island, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Southern wireweed J. Agardh (West Island, South Australia, to Cape Woolamai, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Marginate sarcodia J. Agardh (Port Elliott, South Australia, to Port Phillip, Victoria, and southeastern Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Notched red lettuce Harvey (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Pearson Island, South Australia.)[1]

Family

  • Jellyweed (Sonder) Doty (Dampier to Perth, Western Australia. Also Mauritius and Madagascar.)[1]
  • Broad-leafed fishbone (C. Agardh) Silva (Dongara to Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Narrow-leafed fishbone (C. Agardh) Silva (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.)[1]
  • Leafy fishbone (J. Agardh) Silva (Dongara, Western Australia, to Eucla, South Australia.)[1]
  • Sonder's bubbleweed Harvey (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Robe, South Australia, and King Island, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Congested mopweed (Turner) J. Agardh (Hamelin Bay, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Common plocamium (J. Agardh) Hooker & Harvey (Ceduna, South Australia, to The Entrance, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]
  • Serrated plocamium J. Agardh (Victor Harbor, South Australia, to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Stumpy plocamium J. Agardh (Great Australian Bight, South Australia, to Cape Woolamai, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Merten's plocamium (Greville) Harvey (Nickol Bay, Western Australia, to Gabo Island, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Preiss’ plocamium Sonder (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Cartilaginous plocamium Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) Dixon (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Newcastle, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also widespread in temperate regions worldwide.)[1]

Family

  • Serrated red seaweed (Poiret) Wynne, Ardré & Silva (Esperance, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and northern Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Frilled forkweed (Harvey) Min-Thein & Womersley (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Phillip Island, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Veined forkweed (Kützing) Min-Thein & Womersley (Fremantle, Western Australia, to Western Port, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Harvey's forkweed Harvey (Elliston, South Australia, to Gabo Island, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Tangled wireweed (J. Agardh) Kraft (Cape Riche, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Filamentous hookweed (C. Agardh) J. Agardh (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family Bonnemaisoniaceae

  • Armed asparagusweed Harvey (Perth, Western Australia, to Port Stephens (New South Wales), and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand and Europe.)[1]
  • Asparagusweed (Delile) Trevisan (Tropical Australia south to Rottnest Island, Western Australia, and to southern Queensland. Also Gulf St Vincent and Spencer Gulf in South Australia, Lord Howe Island, and widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Beautiful red forkweed Delisea pulchra (Greville) Montagne (Perth, Western Australia, to Ballina, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand and subantarctic islands.)[1]
  • Plumed forkweed Levring (Port Davey to Bicheno, Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Australasian red forkweed Harvey (Robe, South Australia, to Williamstown, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Straggly red forkweed J. Agardh (Victor Harbor, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Clifton's gracilaria Withell, Millar & Kraft (Perth, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Whip-like gracilaria (Sonder) Womersley (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Geographe Bay, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Variable gracilaria Harvey (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Newcastle, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fleshy red curdiea (Sonder) Millar (Encounter Bay, South Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Irvin's curdiea J. Agardh (Green Head to Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Leathery forkweed J. Agardh (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Thin leathery forkweed (Turner) Hooker & Harvey (Wedge Island, South Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family Corallinaceae

  • Flat-branched coralline (Lamarck) Decaisne (Around the Australian mainland and south to Bicheno, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Twiggy coralline Harvey (Kalbarri, Western Australia, to Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.)[1]
  • Tufted coralline Corallina officinalis Linnaeus (Around Australia and Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Rosy coralline (Lamarck) Garbary & Johansen (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Bowen, Queensland, and around Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island and New Zealand.)[1]
  • Ward's coralline (Harvey) Areschoug (Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, to Norah Head, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Arrow coralline (Lamouroux) Areschoug (Perth, Western Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Seagrass coralline (Lamarck) Weber–van Bosse (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Radiate coralline (Lamarck) Ducker (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Ball coralline Lamouroux (Geraldton, Western Australia, to southern New South Wales and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Shore coralline (Foslie) Penrose (Western Port, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Button coralline (J.D. Hooker & Harvey) Townsend (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand, South Africa and various subantarctic islands.)[1]
  • Rosette coralline (Sonder) Setchell (Kalbarri, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Split coralline (Harvey) Woelkerling (Encounter Bay, South Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fan coralline Wilks & Woelkerling (Cape Buffon, South Australia, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Large-lobe rhodolith (Foslie) Townsend & Woelkerling (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Botany Bay, New South Wales.)[1]

Family

  • Red grapeweed Silva (Dongara, Western Australia, to Waratah Ba, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Cactus grapeweed (Endlicher) Borgesen (Northern, western and southern Australia to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Poseidon's fingers Harvey (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Jervis Bay, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Iridescent buttonweed Kylin (Perth, Western Australia, to Portsea, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Frilled red strapweed (R. Brown ex Turner) J. Agardh (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and Kent Group, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Variable red strapweed (Sonder) J. Lewis (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Sonder's red forkweed Silva (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Coff Harbour, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Tasmanian red forkweed Harvey (Port Davey to Musselroe Bay, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fringed red forkweed (Harvey) Womersley (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Western Port, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Agardh's champia C. Agardh (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Jervis Bay, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)
  • Iridescent champia Huisman (Darwin, NT, to Rottnest Island, Western Australia.)

Family

  • Beautiful ceramium J. Agardh (Great Australian Bight, South Australia, to Western Port, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Red seabubbles Harvey (Fremantle, Western Australia, to Redcliff, Queensland, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Tufted red seaweed (C. Agardh) Montagne (Nuyts Reef, South Australia, to Green Cape, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand, South America and subantarctic islands.)[1]
  • Delicate featherweed (J. Agardh) Schmitz (Abrolhos Is, Western Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]
  • Red feltweed (Harvey) Montagne (Around Australia and Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Gunn's stringweed (Harvey) Kützing (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Phillip Island, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family Delesseriaceae

  • Ruffled red seaweed Harvey (Abrolhos Is, Western Australia, to Gabo Island, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Elegant red sea lace Claudea elegans Lamouroux (Fremantle, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Southern red sea lace Martensia australis Harvey (Shark Bay., Western Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and northern Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island and China.)[1]
  • Gunn's sea lettuce (Hooker & Harvey) Kylin (Port Elliot, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania)[1]
  • Veined sea lettuce (Zanardini) Womersley (Bruny Island. to Hobart, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Bombay sea lettuce (Borgesen) Womersley (Port Phillip, Victoria, to the southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and southeastern Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island and widespread in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.)[1]
  • Luminous strapweed Sonder (Abrolhos Is, Western Australia, to Western Port, Victoria.)[1]
  • Red sealeaf (J. Agardh) J. Agardh (Safety Bay, Western Australia, to Point Hicks, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family

  • Pink dasya Sonder ex Kützing (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Oak-leaf red alga Decaisne (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]

Family Rhodomelaceae

  • Feather leafweed Harvey (Geraldton, Western Australia to Port Phillip Heads, Victoria.)[1]
  • Harvey's leafweed Sonder (Dongara, Western Australia, to Green Cape, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Lobed leafweed (Hooker & Harvey) Falkenberg (Abrolhos Is, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Cross-hatched leafweed Hooker & Harvey (Waterloo Bay, South Australia, to Gabo Island, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Spongy leafweed (Hooker & Harvey) Kützing (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Green Cape, New South Wales, and south to Bicheno, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Bushy laurencia (Harvey) Lucas (Around Australian mainland and Tasmania. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[1]
  • Club-branched laurencia Sonder (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fern laurencia J. Agardh (Around mainland Australia. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Fishbone chondria (J. Agardh) Gordon-Mills & Womersley (Elliston, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania)[1]
  • Twisted red strapweed Lamouroux (Kalbarri, Western Australia, to Victor Harbor, South Australia.)[1]
  • Southern sea lettuce Ulva australis Areschoug (Whitford Beach, Western Australia, to Terrigal, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Kingdom Plantae[]

Phylum (Division) Chlorophyta[]

(Green algae, green seaweeds)

Family Ulvaceae

  • Ruffled sea lettuce (Setchell) Setchell & Gardner (Elliston, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also NZand and USA.)[1]
  • Southern sea lettuce Ulva australis
  • Baitweed Ulva compressa Linnaeus (Around Australia. Also widespread overseas.)[1]

Family Cladophoraceae

  • Mermaid's necklace (Montagne) Kützing (Venus Bay, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand and South America.)[1]
  • Green tangleweed Kützing (Venus Bay, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand and South America.)[1]
  • Green brushweed Harvey (Green Head, Western Australia, to Collaroy, New South Wales, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fereday's filamentweed Harvey (Cottesloe, Western Australia, to Port Jackson, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand and the Mediterranean.)[1]

Family Anadyomenaceae

  • Green veinweed Sonder (Dongara, Western Australia, to Victor Harbor, South Australia.)[1]

Family Valoniaceae

  • Liverwort seaweed Harvey (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]

Family Codiaceae

  • Bubble codium Silva (Busselton, Western Australia. Also South Africa.)[1]
  • Sea apple Codium pomoides J. Agardh (Esperance, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Encrusting codium Svedelius (Eastern Tasmania. Also New Zealand and Chile.)[1]
  • Green spongeweed Codium spongiosum Harvey (Albany, Western Australia, to Merimbula, New South Wales. Also Lord Howe Island and widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Wide-forked codium Setchell & Gardiner (Tropical Australia south to Jervis Bay, New South Wales. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Forked codium Silva (Champion Bay, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania. Also South Africa.)[1]
  • Harvey's codium Codium harveyi Silva (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Southern codium Silva (Geographe Bay, Western Australia, to Tuggerah Lakes, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Velvet codium Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot (Port Gawler, South Australia, to Ballina, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]

Family Udoteaceae

  • Green necklaceweed Hering (Tropical Australia to Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia. Also southern Africa.)[1]
  • Neptune's shaving brush Blainville (Tropical Australia south to Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[1]
  • Neptune's mat (J. Agardh) Gepp & Gepp (Canal Rocks, Western Australia, to Inverloch, Victoria.)[1]
  • Green seafan Gepp & Gepp (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Port Phillip, Victoria.)[1]
  • Bushy seafan J. Agardh (Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to Port Phillip, Victoria, and south to Musselroe Bay, Tasmania.)[1]

Family Caulerpaceae

  • Serrated caulerpa Caulerpa scalpelliformis (R. Brown ex Turner) C. Agardh (Whitford Beach, Western Australia, to Jervis Bay, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Sawtooth caulerpa Sonder (Gulf St Vincent, South Australia, to Westernport, Victoria, and south to Orford, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Invasive caulerpa Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh (Tropical Australia south to Montebello Island, Western Australia, and southern Queensland. Also Lord Howe Island, and widespread overseas. Introduced into numerous estuaries in New South Wales and the Adelaide region.)[1]
  • Elliston caulerpa Womersley (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Kangaroo Island, South Australia.)[1]
  • Fishbone caulerpa Sonder (Dongara to Albany, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Bootstrap caulerpa Caulerpa filiformis (Suringar) Hering (Sydney to Port Stephens (New South Wales). Also South Africa.)[1]
  • Long-filament caulerpa Caulerpa longifolia C. Agardh (Eucla, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fine-filament caulerpa Caulerpa longifolia (form crispata) (Harvey) Womersley (Perth, Western Australia, to Waratah Bay, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Three-cornered caulerpa Caulerpa trifaria Harvey (Cottesloe, Western Australia, to Western Port, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Brown's caulerpa Caulerpa brownii (C. Agardh) Endlicher (Perth, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Bushy caulerpa Caulerpa obscura Sonder (Yanchep, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fern caulerpa Caulerpa flexilis Lamouroux (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Collaroy, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Mueller's fern caulerpa Caulerpa flexilis var. muelleri (Sonder) Womersley (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Waratah Bay, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Hedley's caulerpa Caulerpa hedleyi Weber van Bosse (Rottnest Island, Western Australia, to Kangaroo Island, South Australia.)[1]
  • Bubble caulerpa Harvey (Dongara, Western Australia, to Bowen, Queensland, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Amulet caulerpa J. Agardh (Robe, South Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Cactus caulerpa Caulerpa cactoides (Turner) C. Agardh (Geraldton, Western Australia, to Richmond R, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Tropical caulerpa Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh (Tropical Australia south to Albany, Western Australia, and to northern New South Wales. Also Lord Howe Island and widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Beaded caulerpa Caulerpa vesiculifera Harvey (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Phillip Island, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Pimpled caulerpa Caulerpa papillosa J. Agardh (Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Simple-branched caulerpa Caulerpa simpliciuscula (Turner) C. Agardh (Dongara, Western Australia, to Walkerville, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family Bryopsidaceae

  • Tufted bryopsis J. Agardh (Cape Northumberland, South Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]
  • Feather bryopsis J. Agardh (Streaky Bay, South Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]

Family Polyphysaceae

  • Mermaid's cup Acetabularia calyculus Lamouroux (Tropical Australia south to Adelaide, South Australia, and to Newcastle, New South Wales. Also widespread overseas.)[1]
  • Green eyeballs (Lyngbye) Solier (Scott Bay, South Australia, to Sorrento, Victoria, and southeastern Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)[1]

Phylum Magnoliophyta[]

(Angiosperms)

Family Hydrocharitaceae

  • Southern paddlegrass Doty & Stone (Dongara, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Oval paddlegrass Halophila ovalis (R. Brown) J.D. Hooker (Tropical Australia south to Cowaramup Bay, Western Australia, and to Twofold Bay, New South Wales, Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[1]
  • Delicate paddlegrass Halophila decipiens Ostenfeld (Tropical Australia south to Albany, Western Australia, and to Mallacoota, Victoria. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[1]

Family Potamogetonaceae

  • Swangrass Ruppia megacarpa Mason (Peel Inlet, Western Australia, to Jervis Bay, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]

Family Posidoniaceae

  • Southern strapweed Posidonia australis Hooker (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, and along the northern coast of Tasmania.)[1]
  • Fibrous strapweed Cambridge & Kuo (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Port MacDonnell, South Australia, and northern Tasmania.)[1]
  • Smooth strapweed Cambridge & Kuo (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Kingston, South Australia.)[1]
  • Den Hartog's strapweed Kuo & Cambridge (Perth, Western Australia, to Backstairs Passage, South Australia.)[1]
  • Thin-leafed strapweed Posidonia coriacea Cambridge & Kuo (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Backstairs Passage, South Australia.)[1]
  • Robertson's strapweed Kuo & Cambridge (Cape Leeuwin to Israelite Bay, Western Australia.)[1]

Family Cymodoceaceae

  • Tubular seagrass Syringodium isoetifolium (Ascherson) Dandy (Tropical Australia south to Garden Island, Western Australia, and to Moreton Bay, Queensland. Also widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.)[1]
  • Reef seagrass den Hartog (Geraldton to Bremer Bay, Western Australia.)[1]
  • Sea nymph, wireweed Amphibolis antarctica (Labillardière) Sonder & Ascherson ex Ascherson (Carnarvon, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and south to Maria Island, Tasmania.)[1]
  • Griffith's sea nymph Amphibolis griffithii (J. Black) den Hartog (Champion Bay, Western Australia, to Victor Harbor, South Australia.)[1]

Family Zosteraceae

  • Tasmanian eelgrass (Martens ex Ascherson) den Hartog (Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Black-stemmed eelgrass Kuo (Dongara, Western Australia, to Port Stephens (New South Wales), and around Tasmania.)[1]
  • Mueller's eelgrass Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex Ascherson (Perth, Western Australia, to southern Queensland and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)[1]

Mangroves[]

  • Grey mangrove Avicennia marina (Forsskål) Vierhapper (Around mainland Australia. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]
  • River mangrove Aegiceras corniculatum (Linnaeus) Blanco (Tropical Australia south to Shark Bay, Western Australia, and to Merimbula, New South Wales. Also Lord Howe Island.)[1]

Saltmarsh plants[]

Geographical location of places listed in the range statements[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.). Sydney: New Holland. ISBN 9781921517174.
  2. ^ a b c Garmin Bluechart Australia
  3. ^ "Eucla". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
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