Durvillaea antarctica
Common name
Bull kelp, rimurapa
Synonyms
Fucus antarcticus Chamisso 1822, Durvillaea utilis Bory de Saint-Vincent 1825, Laminaria caepaestipes Montagne 1839, Halymenia incurvata Suhr 1839, Durvillaea mastix Suhr 1841, Ecklonia caepaestipes (Montagne) Endlicher 1843, Durvillaea harveyi J.D.Hooker 1845, Durvillaea montagnei Kützing 1849, Sarcophycus simplex Kützing 1860, Durvillaea caepaestipes (Montagne) Skottsberg 1919
Family
Durvillaeaceae
Flora category
Non-vascular – Native
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
DURANT
Distribution
New Zealand, Gough Island (Atlantic), Argentina, Chile and Australia (Norfolk Island and Macquarie Island) and Antarctic.
Etymology
antarctica: Antarctic
Harvesting
The Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 protects bull kelp from commercial harvesting within the tribe’s traditional seaweed-gathering grounds.