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THE spread of Asparagopsis in Europe has rightly attracted considerable attention, but the excitement with which each new record has been greeted has tended to obscure certain unanswered questions regarding two species at present accepted, A. armata Harv. and A. taxiformis (Delile) Trev.
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DIXON, P. Asparagopsis in Europe. Nature 204, 902 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204902a0
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