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Photographs of the two dominant macroalgal hosts present in Rapa waters and wild sample of benthic microalgal species found on these substrates: (a) Lobophora variegata (Fucophyceae); (b) Sargassum sp. (Fucophyceae); (c) benthic assemblage composed almost exclusively of Ostreopsis spp cells collected from Motu Rapa Iti (photo credit: © Institut Louis Malardé).
