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RECORDS of the distribution of the red alga Asparagopsis armata Harv. have indicated a spread of the species from the southern hemisphere. The first collections in the northern hemisphere were at Saint Eugène, Algeria, in 1923, and Guéthary, France, in 19251; the species was reported in Ireland in 19422. The plant was first recognized on the coast of Britain in 1950, when Drew3 found numerous specimens cast up on the beaches of the Lizard Peninsula, and in 1951 Horridge4 reported attached specimens in the Scilly Isles.
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KERSLAKE, J. Occurrence of Asparagopsis armata Harv. on the Coast of Devon. Nature 172, 874 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172874b0
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