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in South-east Viti Levu (Fiji Islands): Suva Harbour, Kubuna Waters and Serua District (Ref. 82232); in Corpus Cristi, Suva Harbour, Fiji, small plants of G. edulis (found at low water mark), were found but not very abundant; in Nasese (subtidal mudflats on either side of Leveti creek mouth), Suva Harbour, Fiji, isolated clumps of G. edulis were found beneath the layer of G. maramae plants, and could be distinguished by their tightly-knit mossy or turf-life appearance. Nearer to the shore, smaller amounts of scattered plants attached by holdfasts can almost always be found in sand and rubble areas; In Nasese/Nasova (near Ratu sukuna Road junction, Suva Harbour, Fiji, G. edulis were abundant but fairly small; in Kaba Peninsula, Fiji, in between the rocky headlands were intertidal sandy pools, often near mangroves and areas with freshwater runoff, these pools were lined up with a mix of species but dominated by at least two species of Laurencia epiphytized Hypnea plants, G. maramae and G. edulis. There was sufficient G. maramae present to enable collection for phycocolloid analysis, but other species were too small (>50 mm) and dirty to warrant collection. G. edulis were also found in an area of inter-tidal and high subtidal seagrass meadow on the shoreline near Navulivatu Settlement, Serua District, Fiji (Ref. 82232). |