Articulated coralline algae of the Gulf of California, Mexico

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Series: Smithsonian contributions to the marine sciences, no. 9

By

Norris, James N.

Johansen, H. William.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981-

Notes

Includes index.

Incomplete Contents: 1. Amphiroa Lamouroux.

Amphiroa (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) is a tropical and subtropical genus of articulated coralline algae and is prominent in shallow waters of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Taxonomic and distributional investigations of Amphiroa from the Gulf have revealed the presence of seven species: A. beauvoisii Lamouroux, A. brevianceps Dawson, A. magdalensis Dawson, A. misakiensis Yendo, A. rigida Lamouroux, A. valonioides Yendo, and A. van-bosseae Lemoine. Only two of these species names are among the 16 taxa of Amphiroa previously reported from this body of water; all other names are now considered synonyms. Of the seven species in the Gulf of California, A. beauvoisii, A. misakiensis, A. valonioides and A. van-bosseae are common, while A. brevianceps, A. magdalensis, and A. rigida are rare and poorly known. None of these species is endemic to the Gulf, and four of them, A. beauvoisii, A. misakiensis, A. valonioides, and A. rigida, also occur in Japan.

Subjects

Algae , California, Gulf of , Coralline algae , Mexico

Call Number

QK569.C8 N67X

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/81607063
OCLC: 7463326