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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Table 7. 'Vulnerable' marine macroalgae in the Great Barrier Reef as derived from a national assessment by Cheshireetal. (2000)

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Table 7. 'Vulnerable' marine macroalgae in the Great Barrier Reef as derived from a national assessment by Cheshireetal. (2000)

Family	*Scientific Name*	# Locations in Australia	Range (km)	Locations in the GBRWHA
Division: Chlorophyta
Udoteaceae	Avrainvillea ridleyi	2	1793	Capricornia
Cladophoraceae	Cladophorella calcicola	4	1224	Capricornia, Hinchinbrook Island
Halimedaceae	Halimeda magnidisca	2	967	Heron Island, Green Island
Cladophoraceae	Rhizoclonium capillare	5	1392	Capricornia, Townsville, Hinchinbrook Island, Cape Tribulation
Division: Heterokontophyta; Class Phaeophyceae
Dictyotaceae	Dictyopteris crassinervia	4	2074	Keswick Island
Dictyotaceae	Dictyota bifurca	2	2178	Port Denison
Ralfsiaceae	Mesopora schmidtii	2	808	Capricornia, Hinchinbrook Island
Dictyotaceae	Padina tetrastromatica	4	1866	Townsville, Hinchinbrook Island, Cooktown
Division: Rhodophyta
Areschougiaceae	Eucheuma sonderi	2	968	Dunk Island
Ceramiaceae	Balliella grandis	5	1166	One Tree Island, Heron Island, North West Island, Wistari Reef
Ceramiaceae	Gymnophycus hapsiphorus	2	1124	One Tree Island
Ceramiaceae	Rhipidothamnion secundum	3	1759	One Tree Island
Ceramiaceae	Seirospora orientalis	3	3848	One Tree Island
Corallinaceae	Amphiroa crassa	3	2589	Lady Elliot Isalnd, Lizard Island
Dumontiaceae	Dudresnaya capricornia	4	4333	One Tree Island
Halymeniaceae	Cryptonemia caliculata	2	1716	Heron Island
Halymeniaceae	Halymenia lacerata	2	558	Cape York
Halymeniaceae	Thamnoclonium tissotii	2	922	Dunk Island
Hypneaceae	Hypnea rugulosa	2	1561	Port Denison
Rhodomelaceae	Bostrychia binderi	4	2088	Townsville, Hinchinbrook Island, Cooktown
Rhodomelaceae	Laurencia moretonensis	3	1224	Ball Bay, Hinchinbrook Island
Rhodomelaceae	Laurencia pinnatifida	2	1222	Cape Upstart
Rhodomelaceae	Melanamansia daemelii	2	2455	Cape York
Rhodomelaceae	Polysiphonia opaca	2	907	Cannonvale
Rhodymeniaceae	Gelidiopsis acrocarpa	3	1443	Port Denison, Cape York
Uncertain Affinity	Dicranemarosaliae	2	1833	Townsville

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