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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 89283 | Lindauer, V.W. 1957 An annotated list of the brown seaweeds, Phaeophyceae, of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 76(4):542-566. | 1957 | Carpophyllum plumosum | 563 |
| 82739 | Andrew, N. and M. Francis 2003 The living reef. The ecology of New Zealand's rocky reefs. Craig Potton Publishing, New Zealand. 283pp. | 2003 | Carpophyllum plumosum | 36 |