A checklist of subtidal seaweeds from campeche banks, Mexico

Translated title of the contribution: A checklist of subtidal seaweeds from campeche banks, Mexico

Luz Elena Mateo-Cid, Catalina Mendoza-González, Suzanne Fredericq

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Abstract

Subtidal marine benthic macroalgae offshore the Yucatan in Campeche Banks, Mexico, were collected by box-dredging at 20 to 56 meter depth during June 2005, aboard the Pelikan R/V. Collected seaweeds of Campeche Banks include 178 species encompassing 22 Heterokontophyta, 93 Rhodophyta, 60 Chlorophyta and three Cyanophyta. Mesophyllum incertum, Apoglossum ruscifolium, Cryptonemia seminervis, Agardhinula browneae, Nemacystus howei, Padina profunda, Nereia tropica, Pseudotetraspora marina, Anadyomene linkiana, A. pavonina, Pseudocodium floridanum and Caulerpa brachypus are new records for Atlantic coast of Mexico. Most of the species located in this study were previously recorded from the subtidal waters of the Mexican Caribbean.

Translated title of the contributionA checklist of subtidal seaweeds from campeche banks, Mexico
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-108
Number of pages14
JournalActa Botanica Venezuelica
Volume36
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • New records
  • Richness
  • Seaweed

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