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Fijian Records Garbary et al. 1991: 252; South and Kasahara 1992: 52; Raj 1993: 54, figs 25-26. Rotuman Distribution Lopta (L151 USP 339, *L24). Habitat and Remarks Common at all sites, either attached to staghom coral rubble in middle reef, or to rocks in the backreef. This species is intermediate between Chlorodesmis fastigiata and C, major (see Ngan and Price 1979). Chlorodesmis major Zanardini 1874: 504 (type locality: Lord Howe Island); J. Agardh 1887a: 5 1; A. Gepp and E.S. Gepp 191 1: 16; Okamura 1932(1929-1932): 61; Lucas 1935: 200; Egerod 1952: 377, fig. 9c; Ducker 1967: 167, pls 7-8, 17-18; Lewis 1987: 27; Silva et al. 1987: 118; Millar and Kraft 1994b: 435. Chlorodesmis torresiensis W.R. Taylor 1945: 66 (type locality: Murray Island, Torres Strait, Australia); Taylor 1966: 352. (Figs 55,57) Thallus dark-green, coarse and up to 15 cm high and 10 cm broad, with small stipe. Filaments 140-182 ym in diameter, truncated at dichotomies with equal constrictions. Rhizoidal basal system 100-130 1J.m in diameter, with numerous constrictions. Distribution Fiji, Lord Howe Island, Hawaii, northern Australia, Indonesia, Philippines. Fijian Record New record for Fiji. Rotuman Distribution Hapmafau (HAP211 USP 340). Habitat and Remarks Found on the back reef, typically within the protection of coral rubble or attached to exposed beach rocks (e.g. at Hapmafau). This species is very similar to Chlorodesmis hildebrandtii, except for the larger diameter of the filaments (>I40 ym; vide Ducker 1967). Rhipidosiphon Montagne 1842 Rhipidosiphon javensis Montagne 1842a: 14, 15 (type locality: Java, Indonesia); Littler and Littler 1990: 35; Verheij and Prud'homme van Reine 1993: 140, pl. 7, fig. 6; Wynne 1993: 23, fig. 14. Udotea javensis (Montagne) A. Gepp and E.S. Gepp 1904: 363; Weber-van Bosse 1913a: 116; Yamada and Tanaka 1938: 62; Gilbert 1947: 122; Taylor 1950: 73; Egerod 1952: 379, fig. 10; Dawson 1954: 395, fig. 136, c; 1956: 40; 1957: 108; 1961: 445; Trono 1968: 187; Valet 1968: 51; Womersley and Bailey 1970: 280; Jaasund 1976: 29, fig. 60; Tsuda and Wray 1977: 100; Sartoni 1979: 292, fig. 8c; Dong and Tseng 1984: 294, pl. 146, fig. 2; Payri and Meinesz 1985a: 510; Lewis 1987: 34; Silva et al. 1987: 119; Garrigue and Tsuda 1988: 61; Abbott 1989: 226; Tsuda 1991: 43; Coppejans and Prud'homme van Reine 1989: 139, pl. 10, figs 3-9; 1992a: 178.
Benthic Marine Algae of Rotuma Island (Fig. 61) Thallus yellow-green, up to 7 mm high and 5 mm broad, fan-shaped blade rounded at outer margins and cuneate at base. Thallus consisting of a single layer of parallel filaments 35-40 pm broad (outer margins) to 80-105 pm broad (base of thallus) with characteristic unequal constrictions above each dichotomy. Stipe up to 200 pm in diameter, filamentous and uncorticated, mostly uncalcified and monosiphonous. Stipe anchored by fine, translucent hyaline rhizoids. Distribution Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, Caribbean. Fijian Records Kasahara 1985: 24; 1988 (as Udotea javensis); South 1991: 5; South and Kasahara 1992: 52. Rotuman Distribution Tua'koi (*TI21 USP S5: 16). Habitat and Remarks Middle reef, epiphytic on Dictyota friabilis. This genus has been re-established by Littler and Littler (1990), for the widespread Udotea javensis (Montagne) A. Gepp and E.S. Gepp. They note that the anastomosing siphons reported by Montagne (1842~) as characteristic of Rhipidosiphon javensis is incorrect, and that the latter genus differs from Udotea by its monosiphonous and partly uncalcified stipe. They consider that Gepp and Gepp's (1904) placement of Rhipidosiphon javensis within the genus Udotea is based on insufficient derived characters. Rhipilia Kiitzing 1858 Rhipilia orientalis A. et E.S. Gepp 1911: 57, pl. 16, figs 134-136; Weber-van Bosse 1913a: 115; Taylor 1950: 72, pl. 36, fig. 1; Dawson 1956: 40; 1957: 108; Moul 1957: 44; Trono 1968: 177, pl. 19, fig. 1; Womersley and Bailey 1970: 279; Tsuda and Wray 1977: 99; Lewis 1987: 33; Coppejans and Prud'homme van Reine 1989: 131, pl. 6, figs 1-18; Verheij and Prud'homme van Reine 1993: 140, pl. 7, fig. 2. (Figs 52a, b, 62, 64a-c) Thallus up to 35 mm high, composed of a stipitate blade up to 30 mm broad tapering into a stalk up to 15 mm long and 2 mm in diameter. Blade siphons 20-35 pm in diameter, with alternate appendages up to 147 pm long terminating in 2-4 irregular prongs. Distribution Indonesia, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, north Australia. Rotuman Distribution Ropure (R5/ USP 619); Hof6a (USP 777). Habitat and Remarks Growing in sandy tidal pools on outer reef, at 1-2 m.
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