Nesophila hoggardii gen.et sp.nov. (Rhizophyllidaceae, Rhodophyta) from the offshore islands of northern New Zealand: Tuhinga 5

Tuhinga 5: 1-8

ABSTRACT: A new genus and species of marine Rhodophyceae, Nesophila hoggardii, is described and assigned to the Rhizophyllidaceae. Thalli consist of flattened, dichotomously branched axes, with acute apices and a prominent axial row of very large cells surrounded by rhizoidal filaments. Irregular zonate tetrasporangia are found in nemathecia. Nesophila hoggardii is found sub tidally around offshore islands of northern New Zealand - the Three Kings, the Poor Knights, Alderman and White Islands.

KEYWORDS: Nesophila hoggardii gen. et. sp. nov.; Rhizophillidaceae; Rhodophyta; New Zealand

Tuhinga No. 5 is a reprint of the Museum of New Zealand Record v.1.no.1. (The Museum of New Zealand Records ceased with this issue).