NEW REPORTS OF MACROALGAE FROM THE COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO

Fourteen new records of marine algae fom the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico a re reported: Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskal) J. agardh, Caulerpa ambigua Okamura, Derbesia Marina (Lyngbye) Kjellman, Polyphysa parvula (Solms- Laubach) Schnetter et Bula-Meyer, Amphiroa beauvoisii Lamouroux, Peyss onelia pacifica Kylin, Rhodymenia divaricata Dawson, Chondria decipien s Kylin, Polysiphonia decussata Hollenberg, Champia parvula (C. Agardh ) Harvey, Dermonema frappieri (Mont. ef Millard) Borgesen, Pleonospori um mexicanum Dawson, Feldmannia elachistaeformis (Heydrich) Pham Hoang and Lobophora variegata (Lamour.) Womersley. Data concerning the morp hology, phenology, the nature of the habitat and the localities are pr esented. Codium giraffa Silva, not recorded since it's original descri ption, is also reported.