APOGLOSSUM-GREGARIUM (DELESSERIACEAE, RHODOPHYTA), A NEW RECORD FOR MEDITERRANEAN ALGAL FLORA

Authors
SARTONI G BODDI S
Citation
G. Sartoni et S. Boddi, APOGLOSSUM-GREGARIUM (DELESSERIACEAE, RHODOPHYTA), A NEW RECORD FOR MEDITERRANEAN ALGAL FLORA, Botanica marina, 36(4), 1993, pp. 297-302
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Botanica marina → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068055
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
297 - 302
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8055(1993)36:4<297:A(RANR>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The diminutive marine red alga Apoglossum gregarium (Dawson) Wynne (De lesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) is reported for the first time in the Medite rranean, where it grows in deep water as an epibiont on gorgonians. Ve getative and reproductive characteristics of the plants are illustrate d and their occurrence along the Tuscan Archipelago shore is discussed .