The marine red algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean)
Author
de Clerck, Olivier
Author
Coppejans, Eric
Author
Schils, Tom
Author
Verbruggen, Heroen
Author
Leliaert, Frederik
Author
de Vriese, Thomas
Author
Marie, Daniel
text
Journal of Natural History
2004
2004-12-01
38
23
3021
3057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930410001695033
journal article
10.1080/00222930410001695033
1464-5262
5251858
*
Actinotrichia fragilis
(Forsskål)
Børgesen, 1932: 6
References:
Jaasund, 1976: 65
, figure 131;
Magruder and Hunt, 1979: 57
,
figure 2
p. 56;
Tseng, 1984: 58
, pl. 32,
figure 1
;
Moorjani and Simpson, 1988: 25
, pl. 45;
Verheij and Prud’homme van Reine, 1993: 439
, pl. 14,
figure 1
;
Abbott, 1999: 64
,
figure 7A–C
;
Payri
et al
., 2000: 160
, figure p. 161;
Huisman, 2000: 37
;
Skelton
and South, 2002: 138,
figure 3C–E
;
Littler and Littler, 2003: 62
, top figure p. 63.
Type
locality.
Mokha
,
Yemen
.
Voucher.
HEC 14628,
18 September 2001
, western side of Cotton Bay (s.s. 13).
Ecology.
Epilithic on horizontal rock substrate in mid- to low intertidal.
Indian Ocean distribution.
Bangladesh
,
Djibouti
,
India
,
Indonesia
,
Kenya
, Laccadives,
Madagascar
,
Maldives
,
Mauritius
(
Børgesen, 1942: 44–45
;
1950a: 5
;
1951: 35
),
Oman
,
Réunion
(
Payri, 1985: 640
), Rodrigues (this paper),
Seychelles
,
Somalia
,
South Africa
,
Sri Lanka
,
Tanzania
.