A checklist of subtidal seaweeds from campeche banks, Mexico

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.