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Pterocladia lucida
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Pterocladia lucida

Pterocladia lucida is a native red algae found in New Zealand and Australia. Since the 1940s it has been the basis of New Zealand's agar industry.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 486627.