canopy, such as Acrocarpia paniculata, Perithalia caudata, Ecklonia radiata, Seirococcus axillaris and Cystophora platylobium. Understorey species are also more abundant, and include fleshy red species such as Melanthalia obtusata, Phacelocarpus peperocarpus, Ballia callitricha, Pterocladia lucida, Plocamium angustum and Plocamium dilatum, small green algae such as Caulerpa flexilis, and encrusting and erect coralline species. These understorey species are also abundant in open patches of reef between clumps of Phyllospora.
canopy, such as Acrocarpia paniculata, Perithalia caudata, Ecklonia radiata, Seirococcus axillaris and Cystophora platylobium. Understorey species are also more abundant, and include fleshy red species such as Melanthalia obtusata, Phacelocarpus peperocarpus, Ballia callitricha, Pterocladia lucida, Plocamium angustum and Plocamium dilatum, small green algae such as Caulerpa flexilis, and encrusting and erect coralline species. These understorey species are also abundant in open patches of reef between clumps of Phyllospora.