Hormosira banksii
Common names
Neptune’s necklace, sea grapes or bubbleweed
Biostatus
Native
Category
Non-vascular
Simplified description
Species of brown algae characterised by strings of olive-brown hollow beads.
Distribution
New Zealand and Australia (Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).
Habitat
Most commonly found in the littoral zone, exposed rock platforms or in rock pools between tide marks, where they receive plenty of light and enough sea water to avoid desiccation.
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Fucus banksii Turner 1808; Cystoseira banksii (Turner) C.Agardh 1820
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Other information
References
Adams, N.M. (1997). Common seaweeds of New Zealand. pp. [1]-48, 48 pls. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
Etymology
banksii: Named after Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS (24 February 1743 - 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.
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.
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