Journal
ALGAE
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 63-71Publisher
KOREAN SOC PHYCOLOGY
DOI: 10.4490/algae.2013.28.1.063
Keywords
coralline algae; Costa Rica; Lithothamnion muelleri; Mexico; Nicaragua; taxonomy; Washington
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- CONACYT SEMARNAT
- CONACYT SEP
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Leon, Nicaragua
- CONACYT
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Lithothamnion rnuelleri is reported for the first time as one of the main components of rhodolith beds along the Eastern Pacific Ocean based on samples from Washington State (USA), Pacific Baja California (Mexico), southern Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Individual rhodoliths ranged from fruticose to lumpy in morphology, and bi-sporangial, tetrasporangial, and gametangial plants were similar to those described from Australia and Brazil. Our study revealed a surprisingly wide latitudinal distribution of this species along the American continent. Its documentation in the Eastern Pacific will facilitate a more accurate interpretation of the ecology, biology, and biogeography of rhodolith beds worldwide.
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