Figure 1. Locations where galls of Durvillaea antarctica caused by phytomyxean parasites were found in this study or by Aguilera et al. [27].

In 2011 the parasite was found in Necochea beach at Coliumo bay (in red), at the central coast of Chile, Pacific Ocean (map from [36], modified). Similar symptoms were reported from D. antarctica at the localities of Pudá and Valdivia [27], in black).