New records of brown algae (Phaeophyta) from the Azores

The following five species of microscopic tuft-forming/encrusting brown algae (Phaeophyta) are newly recorded for the Island of São Miguel (Azores): Nemoderma tingitana Schousboe ex Bornet, Pseudolithoderma roscoffense Loiseaux (Lithodermataceae), Hecatonema terminalis (Kützing) Kylin (Punctariaceae...

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Published in:Hydrobiologia 2000-12, Vol.440 (1-3), p.153-157
Main Authors: PARENTE, M. I, FLETCHER, R. L, NETO, A. I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algae
Azores
Biological and medical sciences
Chorology
Compsonema saxicolum
Europe, azores, near east
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hecatonema terminalis
Microspongium gelatinosum
Nemoderma tingitana
Phaeophyta
Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution
Pseudolithoderma roscoffense
Thallophyta
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Summary:The following five species of microscopic tuft-forming/encrusting brown algae (Phaeophyta) are newly recorded for the Island of São Miguel (Azores): Nemoderma tingitana Schousboe ex Bornet, Pseudolithoderma roscoffense Loiseaux (Lithodermataceae), Hecatonema terminalis (Kützing) Kylin (Punctariaceae), Compsonema saxicolum(Kuckuck) Kuckuck, and Microspongium gelatinosum Reinke (Scytosiphonaceae). The species are described, and information is presented on their ecology and distribution around the island.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0018-8158
1573-5117
DOI:10.1023/A:1004110909122