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PERIODIC reports during the past twenty years1–4 have noted the appearance of Asparagopsis armata and its associated form, Falkenbergia rufolanosa, in a number of localities in western Ireland and the south and south-west coasts of England. Although the southern records reported the two forms appearing almost simultaneously, recent evidence suggests that Falkenbergia is spreading round the British coasts more widely than Asparagopsis 5–7; and this would seem to confirm the suggestion of Thomas8 that the two differ in their ecological requirements.
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CONWAY, E. Occurrence of Falkenbergia rufolanosa on the West Coast of Scotland. Nature 186, 566–567 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186566b0
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