Nectria pedicelligera, Wilsons Promontory, VIC, Photo: Andrew Green
Nectria pedicelligera, Wilsons Promontory, VIC, Photo: Andrew Green
Distribution
Temperate Australasia
Description
The tabulae are usually not crowded, have a smooth, outwardly rounded appearance and decrease rapidly in size away from the central body region.
Note: although the species Nectria multispina is still accepted by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), investigation reveals that there is no confirmation that it differs from N pedicelligera. Thus RLS survey data recorded as N multispina is ported in the RLS database as N pedicelligera.
Information
Sea Temperature Range: 12.0-21.8°C
Habitat: Rocky Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (24% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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