A REVISED CHECKLIST OF POLYNESIAN BENTHIC MARINE-ALGAE

A revised checklist of 425 taxa of benthic marine algae is provided fo r the French Polynesian region, including the Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Marquesas Islands and Austral Islands. The list comprise s 117 Cyanophyceae, 42 Phaeophyceae, 96 Chlorophyceae and 170 Rhodophy ceae, representing 79 new additions to the last checklist a decade ear lier. Included are all previously published records and some yet unpub lished additions, with the systematic arrangement and nomenclature upd ated. The flora of Tahiti and its adjacent islands is quite well known , whereas the one from Marquesas, Austral and Gambler Islands have yet to be adequately examined. Also, such algal groups as the crustose Co rallinaceae are still poorly studied.