The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean)
Author
Coppejans, Eric
Author
Leliaert, Frederik
Author
Verbruggen, Heroen
Author
de Clerck, Olivier
Author
Schils, Tom
Author
de Vriese, Thomas
Author
Marie, Daniel
text
Journal of Natural History
2004
2004-12-01
38
23
2959
3020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930410001695024
journal article
10.1080/00222930410001695024
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Padina boergesenii
Allender and Kraft, 1983: 87
,
figures 6C, H, I
,
7C, D
References:
De Clerck and Coppejans, 1996: 230
, figures 48, 50, 51;
Littler and Littler, 2000: 272
, figure p. 273;
Muylle, 2000: 84–92
, pls 15–22,
table 3
;
Littler and Littler, 2003: 174
, top figure p. 175.
Type
locality.
Virgin Islands
,
Caribbean Sea
.
Vouchers.
HEC
14653 (zF),
19 September 2001
,
Gravier
(s.s. 16)
;
HEC
14670,
18 September 2001
, western side of
Cotton
Bay
(s.s. 13)
;
HEC
14681 (zF),
20 September 2001
,
Rivière Banane
(s.s. 12)
;
HEC
14722 (zF),
21 September 2001
,
Petite Butte
(s.s. 24)
;
HEC
14777,
25 September 2001
,
Passe Grand Bassin
(s.s. 2)
.
Ecology.
Epilithic in the intertidal and the shallow parts of the sublittoral zone.
Distribution.
Based on
Muylle (2000: 91–92)
:
Australia
,
India
,
Indonesia
,
Kenya
,
Oman
,
Pakistan
,
Réunion
(
Muylle, 2000: 86
), Rodrigues (this paper),
Saudi Arabia
,
South Africa
,
Tanzania
,
Yemen
.
Note.
The specimens of
HEC
14681 present some sporangia on the upper thallus surface.