New records of benthic marine red Algae (Ceramiales: Rhodophyta) from the Azores.

• Author(s): Parente, Manuela I. ; Neto, Ana I.
• Date: 2000
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/826
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Azores Archipelago; Geographical Distribution; Marine Red Algae (Ceramiales: Rhodophyta)
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Sixteen new records of marine red algae (Ceramiales: Rhodophyta) are reported for the Azores islands: Aglaothamnion gallicum, A. pseudobyssoides, Anotrichium barbatum, A. furcellatum, Ceranium botryocarpum, C. flaccidum, C. secundatum, Compsothamnion decompositum, Wrangelia penicillata (Ceramiaceae): Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii. Radicilingua thysanorhizans (Delesseriaceae): Dasya hutchinsiae (Dasyaceae): Brongniartella byssoides, Chondria coerulescens, Polysiphonia foetidissima, P. furcellata (Rhodomelaceae). Data concerning morphology, phenology, ecological conditions and geographical distribution of the species in the Atlantic are presented.