Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Percursaria percusa (C.Agardh) Rosenv.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, Stillwater, Wade River
Field Collection Date
18 Jul 2013
Field Collection Notes
In a brackish lagoon on dead mangroves cut off from the sea. Other algae here are Cladophora glomerata [AK345180] and Ulva flexuosa subsp. pilifera [AK345174]. Fairly common, free living scum on surface of anoxic mud at edge of lagoon. Cells 24 µm wide
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.64667, 174.72667
174.72667, 174.72667
Last Update
22 May 2023
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