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[6] [7] Specimens of D. antarctica have been found to float for up to 210 days, during which time high wind speeds transport kelp rafts up to 10,000 km. [6] [7] Environmental factors such as temperature, solar radiation and surface winds (all of which vary with latitude) affect buoyancy of southern bull kelp rafts and their rate of travel. [6]
Holdfasts of D. antarctica are often inhabited by a diverse array of epifaunal invertebrates, many of which burrow into and graze on the kelp. [25] In New Zealand, epifaunal species include the crustaceans Parawaldeckia kidderi, P. karaka [25] and Limnoria stephenseni, and the molluscs Cantharidus roseus, Onchidella marginata, [26] Onithochiton ...
Bull kelp is a common name for the brown alga Nereocystis luetkeana which is a true kelp in the family Laminariaceae. Species in the genus Durvillaea are also sometimes called "bull kelp", but this is just a shortening of the common name southern bull kelp .
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A pōhā covered with tōtara bark and inserted into a flax basket.. Pōhā are traditional bags used by the Māori people of New Zealand made from southern bull kelp, which are used to carry and store food and fresh water, to propagate live shellfish, and to make clothing and equipment for sports.
Bull kelp Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) Areschoug (Cape Jaffa, South Australia, to Bermagui, New South Wales, and western, southern and eastern Tasmania.) [1] Family Hormosiraceae. Neptune's necklace Hormosira banksii (Turner) Decaisne (Albany, Western Australia, to Arrawarra, New South Wales, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.) [1]
Pyrophyllon subtumens is an obligate red algal epiphyte of Durvillaea southern bull-kelp, and is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [2] ... Images of Pyrophyllon subtumens.
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