GLOIOSIPHONIACEAE

Mead, A., Carlton, J. T., Griffiths, C. L. & Rius, M., 2011, Introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine species of South Africa, Journal of Natural History 45 (39 - 40), pp. 2463-2524 : 2508

Family GLOIOSIPHONIACEAE

Schimmelmannia elegans Baardseth, 1941 Introduced

This alga, originating from Tristan da Cunha, was first collected in Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town on the south-west coast by De-Clerck et al. (2002). Two populations were found, one on the wall of a kelp tank at the Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town and the other within the harbour itself, growing close to an outlet pipe connected to the kelp tank and discharging into the harbour. Although this second patch was not fertile, those within the tank were. Ballast water is considered to be the most likely vector.