Research note: First report of Sporolithon ptychoides (Sporolithales, Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) for the Atlantic Ocean

Phycological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Bahia, Ricardo G ^a   Riosmena Rodriguez, Rafael ^b   Maneveldt, Gavin W ^c   Amado Filho, Gilberto M ^a  

^a Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coralline algae; Rhodolith; Sporolithon dimotum; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GREEN ALGA; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO;

ALGAE; RHODOPHYTA; SPOROLITHON; SPOROLITHON PTYCHOIDES;

EID: 78650662669     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2010.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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