Coral Terraces on the Huon Peninsula, North Eastern Papua New Guinea. Nonarticulated Coralline Algal Flora of Present-day Coral Reefs on Huon Peninsula.

  • MATSUDA Shinya
    Department of Science, College of Education, University of the Ryukyus
  • CAMPBELL Colin R.
    Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
  • WALLENSKY Eugene
    Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

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  • パプアニューギニア北東部のサンゴ礁段丘の総合研究 パプアニューギニア,ヒュオン半島の現世サンゴ礁に生育する無節サンゴモ
  • パプア ニューギニア ヒュオン ハントウ ノ ゲンセイ サンゴショウ ニ セイ

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Conducted was observation of distribution of dominant nonarticulated coralline algal species growing on well-illuminated substrata in fore-reef slope and lagoon environment on Huon Peninsula. Ten species coming under four genera were identified : Porolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Foslie, Lithophyllum insipidum Adey, Townsend et Boykins, Lithophyllum pallescens (Foslie) Foslie, Lithophyllum moluccense (Foslie) Foslie, Mesophyllum erubescens (Foslie) Lemoine, Neogoniolithon conicum (Dawson) Gordon, Masaki et Akioka, Neogoniolithon fosliei (Heydrich) Setchell et Mason, Neogoniolithon frutescens (Foslie) Setchell et Mason, Neogoniolithon sp. A (in Iryu and Matsuda, 1994), and Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber van Bosse and Foslie) Foslie. Distribution of these species is in accordance with that in the Ryukyus, Hawaii and Guam.

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