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Figure 3. Porcellidium rastellum sp. nov. Female: (A) P2; (B) P4; (F) P3. Male: (C) P5; (D) P2 endopod; (E) P4 endopod. 
Scale bar: A-F - 0.09 mm. 
Distribution. The species has been recorded as abundant 
on several algal species from Nambucca, northern NSW 
(30°37'S) to Broulee (35°52'S), but not from Hervey Bay, 
Queensland (25°15'S) or Eden, southern NSW (37°06'S). 
Collected from Sargassum sp., Ballina, Ball2.il/82, 162 
$ 5,44 88 + 90 88 coupled to juvenile female: Nambucca, 
Nb6.11/82,141 § 160 88 mostly coupled. Rhodymenial 
Type series,Ballina, Ball4.il/82, 225 176 88- 
Lobophora sp., Cronulla, Sydney, Crl9.8/75: Cr33.2/77, 
100+, V. A. Harris 1975, 1977, 1982. 
