*Laurencla nana Howe. Found attaclLed to Sargassinn fillpendula 

 in 20 m depth- 60 ro from tb£. edge of the reef. Recorded 

 here for the first time for the Virgin Islands. 



Laurencla obtusa CHiidson) Lamouroux. Occasional on tKe algal 

 plain mixed with, other algae in 18 to 20 m depth and in 

 grass beds attached to Syrlngodiimi in 13 m depth. Randall 

 (1967) recorded the follovring consumers: Alutera 

 scripta , Balistes vetula , CanthJLgaster rostrata , and 

 Lactoprys trigonus . During feeding trials, it was eaten 

 by Sparisoma aurof renatum . Randall (1964, 1967) recorded 

 the following consumers : Alutera scripta , Balistes vetula , 

 Can thlg aster rostrata, Lactophrys trigonus , and the queen 

 conch, S trombus gigas . 



Laurencia papillosa (Forskal) Greville. Occasional on the algal 

 plain attached to limestone and epiphytic on Sargasstmi 

 and Digenia in 18 to 22 m depth, and in grass beds on 

 limestone 10 to 13 m depth. Randall (1967) recorded this 

 species from the stomach contents of the following: 

 Abudef duf saxatilis , Alutera scripta , Blennius cristatus , 

 Kyphosus sectatrix , Scarus coelestinus , Sparisoma viride . 



Li agora ceranoides Lamouroux. Occasional on the algal plain 

 attached to limestone, once on Udotea f labellum , in 18 

 to 20 m depth. Reported from shallow water to 20 m depth 

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

 consumers : Acanthurus bahianus , Cantherhines macrocerus , 

 Cantherhines pullus . 



Lithophyllum sp. Probably more than one species, crustose on 

 limestone and dead coral on the reef and algal plain. 



*Lomentaria bailey ana (Harvey) Farlow. Attached to Halimeda 

 in 21 m depth 120 m from the edge of the reef on the 

 algal plain. Reported here for the first time for the 

 Virgin Islands. Randall (1967) recorded Sparisoma 

 rubripinne as a consumer of _L. unclnata (L^. bailey ana) . 



Lophocladia trichoclados (Mertens in C. Agardh) Schmltz. On 



Sargassum fillpendula and Acanthophora splcifera in 20 m 

 depth 60 m from the edge of the reef on the algal plain. 

 Recorded from depths to 20 m (Taylor, 1960) . 



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