GrJjflthasla glob.ulLfera Harvey. Comnjon on. the algal plain 

 on -shell, limestone, and epiphytic on Halimeda in 18 

 to 23 m depth dO to 180 m from the reef. Reported from 

 shal low water to 33-111 depth (Taylor, I960}. 



ffalyTnenia f loresia (Clemente) C. Agardh. Found once on the 



algal plain attached to limestone in 22 m depth. Reported 

 from depths to 40 m CTaylor, 1960). Randall recorded this 

 species in the stomach contents of Pomo can thus paru . 



Herposiphonia pecten-veneris (Harvey) Falkenberg. Occasionally 

 found on other algae ( Halimeda , Acanthophor a , Lobophora ) 

 from the algal plain in 15 to 20 m depth. Previously 

 reported from shallow water CTaylor, 1960) . 



Herposiphonia secunda (C. Agardh) Ambronn. A common epiphyte 

 on various larger algae ( Halimeda simulans , Caulerpa 

 prolifera , C^. ashmeadii , Laurencia , Lobophora ) on the 

 algal plain in 18 to 23 m depth, and on Laurencia from 

 a grass bed in 13 m depth. Usually found in shallow water 

 (Taylor, 1960). Randall (1967) recorded the following 

 consumers of this species: Abudefduf taurus , Entomacrodus 

 nigricans , Melichtyhs nlger , and Microspathodon chrysurus , 

 and found it in the stomach contents of the queen conch, 

 Strombus gigas , (Randall, 1964). Undetermined species of 

 Herposiphonia were found in the stomach contents of 

 Acanthurus bahianus , _A. chirurgus , Eup omo c en t rus variabilis , 

 Microspathodon chrysurus , Ophioblennius atlanticus , Scarus 

 coelestinus , S^. croicensis , S^. guacamaia , S^. vetula , 

 Sparisoma aurof renatimi , S_. chrysopterum , S^. rubripinne , and 

 S^. viride. 



Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) Lamouroux. Occasional small plants 

 mixed with other algae occurred on the algal plain in 18 to 

 20 m depth 50 to 100 m from the reef. Usually recorded from 

 shallow water (Taylor, 1960). Randall (1967) found this 

 species in the stomach, contents of the following: Abudefduf 

 taurus , Acanthurus bahianus , Blennius cristatus , Kyphosus 

 sectatrix , Melichthys niger , and Pomocanthus paru . 



Hypne a sp. A small plant of uncertain identity was obtained from 

 18 m deptffi on the algal plain mixed with larger algae. 



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