Gracilaria birdiae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta), a new species from the tropical South American Atlantic with a terete frond and deep spermatangial conceptacles

Phycologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-396

  Plastino, Estela M ^a   Oliveira, Eurico C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAUDATA; EUKARYOTA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA BIRDIAE; GRACILARIA CAUDATA; GRACILARIALES; RHODOPHYTA; TRICHOGYNE;

EID: 0036656185     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-41-4-389.1     Document Type: Article

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