Notes on the Benthic Marine Algae of Puerto Rico. VI. Additions to the Flora

Ballantine, David L.; Aponte, Nilda E.

doi:10.1515/botm.1997.40.1-6.39

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“…The Predaea sp. was found at a shallower depth than most of the Predaea species previously reported in the Caribbean (Ballantine & Wynne, 1986;Delnatte & Wynne, 2016;Gabriel, Schills, Neto, Paramio, & Fredericq, 2009;Littler & Littler, 2000;Rodríguez-Prieto, Michanek, & Ivon, 1999). Although it is not possible to reach a species level with the observed morphological characteristics, it is probable that the species found corresponds to Predaea feldmannii Børgesen, 1950, a species recently described near to the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica (Gabriel et al, 2010).…”

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New records of benthic marine macroalgae from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

Vega-Álvarez

Azofeifa-Solano

Fernández‐García

et al. 2018

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Marine macroalgae are highly diverse and play an important role in marine ecosystems, influencing ecological processes. Recording the algae diversity with precise taxonomic identification is required to understand the marine ecosystems. The biodiversity of macroalgae along the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica has been studied by several authors, and the updated checklist includes 396 species of benthic marine algae reported for both Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Costa Rica, from which 287 are recorded from the Caribbean. Eighty percent of the total specimens from the Caribbean coast deposited in botanical collections in Costa Rica were collected at Cahuita National Park, an area where most of the studies have been carried out. This study reports on the addition of five new species and one genus of marine benthic macroalgae to the Caribbean Costa Rican flora, found at the poorly studied reefs of Playa Chiquita (Punta Cocles) and Punta Uva. Sampling was directed, searching for benthic macroalgae at Chiquita beach (SCUBA diving and snorkel) and Punta Uva (snorkel only), during October 2014. Specimens were deposited in the Dr. Luis A. Fournier Origgi Herbarium of the University of Costa Rica (USJ). Most of the new records were Chlorophyta, followed by Rhodophyta and Ochrophyta-Phaeophyceae. We recorded four new genera for the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica: Microdictyon Decaisne, 1841, Rhipidosiphon Montagne, 1842, Predaea G. De Toni, 1936, and Augophyllum S.-M. Lin, S. Fredericq & M. H. Hommersand, 2003. In conclusion, is necessary to continue the detailed taxonomic works in the Caribbean coast, focusing on areas poorly studied, in order to improve our knowledge of the marine flora of Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 66(Suppl. 1): S328-S339. Epub 2018 April 01.

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New records of benthic marine macroalgae from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

Vega-Álvarez

Azofeifa-Solano

Fernández‐García

et al. 2018

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“…Subsequent records of F. tegetiformans from other Caribbean sites (Bula Meyer, 1986;Ballantine & Aponte, 1997;Littler & Littler, 2000) are also confined to vegetative specimens only. Taylor's generic assignment placed his new species in the Solieriaceae.…”

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Crassitegula walsinghamii(Sebdeniaceae, Halymeniales), a new red algal genus and species from Bermuda based upon morphology and SSU rDNA sequence analyses

Schneider

Lane

Saunders

2006

European Journal of Phycology

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Dorsiventral, mat-forming plants superficially similar to Flahaultia tegetiformans (Gigartinales, Solieriaceae), a Caribbean species known only in the vegetative condition, were collected in several Bermuda habitats. Morphological analysis of these specimens distinguished them from F. tegetiformans. Reproductive morphology and analyses of sequences of the nuclear encoded small subunit rDNA show them clustering with Sebdenia (Halymeniales). The plants are described as Crassitegula walsinghamii gen. et sp. nov., a new nemathecial member of the Sebdeniaceae.

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“…The first report of its presence outside its tropical home range was in the subtropical sea of Korea (Kim & Lee, 1990). Later, it was recorded in the North Atlantic Ocean, Florida (Ballantine, 1996), Puerto Rico (Ballantine & Aponte, 1997) and Venezuela (García et al, 2011), and in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean, at Ascension Island (Tsiamis et al, 2014). Fig.…”

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Tetrasporangial plants of Monosporus indicus (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta): a new alien in the Mediterranean Sea

Hoffman

Wynne

2016

European Journal of Phycology

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We provide the first detailed description of the tetrasporophyte of the red algal species Monosporus indicus Børgesen (Wrangeliaceae, Ceramiales) and its first record from the Mediterranean Sea. This prostrate, filamentous epiphytic species, which has been recorded from tropical and subtropical locations in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, has invaded and established healthy populations in the warm Levant Mediterranean Sea of Israel. Plants invariably have propagules and are rarely observed with tetrasporangia. With the description of tetrasporangia in M. indicus, doubt is cast on the integrity of the genus Desikacharyella because their presence as well as sexual reproduction was used to separate that genus from Monosporus.

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Notes on the Benthic Marine Algae of Puerto Rico. VI. Additions to the Flora

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

New records of benthic marine macroalgae from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

New records of benthic marine macroalgae from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

Crassitegula walsinghamii(Sebdeniaceae, Halymeniales), a new red algal genus and species from Bermuda based upon morphology and SSU rDNA sequence analyses

Tetrasporangial plants of Monosporus indicus (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta): a new alien in the Mediterranean Sea

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