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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Table 8. 'Vulnerable' with a narrow range� marine macroalgae in the Great Barrier Reef as derived from a national assessment by Cheshire et al. 2000

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Table 8. 'Vulnerable' with a narrow range� marine macroalgae in the Great Barrier Reef as derived from a national assessment by Cheshire et al. 2000

Family	*Scientific Name*	# Locations in Australia	Range (km)	Locations in the GBRWHA
Division: Rhodophyta
Cladophoraceae	Cladophora aokii	2	266	Hinchinbrook Island, Cape Tribulation
Udoteaceae	Rhipiliopsis echinocaulis	2	392	Heron Island
Division: Rhodophyta
Rhodomelaceae	Chondria rainfordii	2	117	Townsville, Hinchinbrook Island
Rhodymeniaceae	Gelidiopsis scoparia	3	189	Townsville, Magnetic Island, North Barnard Island
Gelidiaceae	Gelidium crinale var perpusillum	2	117	Townsville, Hinchinbrook Island
Gracilariaceae	Gracilaria purpurascens	3	117	Townsville, Magnetic Island, Hinchinbrook Island
Gracilariaceae	Gracilaria rhodotricha	2	116	Townsville, Britomart Reef
Corallinaceae	Mesophyllum mesomorphum	4	55	Lady Elliot Island
Corallinaceae	Neogoniolithon laccadavicum	2	191	Low Island, Lizard Island
Sebdeniaceae	Sebdenia ceylanica	3	280	Port Denison, Brampton island, Port Bowen

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