Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
A partir de muestras colectadas en la bahía de Cienfuegos y de Santa Lucía (Pinar del Río), se identificaron dos nuevos
registros de macroalgas marinas (clorofitas) para Cuba: Cladophora blomquistii C. Hoek y Udotea fibrosa D. S. Littler & M. M.
Littler. C. blomquistii se registra por primera vez para la región del Caribe ya que se había consignado solo para lagunas
costeras de la Florida, y la parte noreste del golfo de México. Se ofrecen además comentarios sobre la taxonomía, ecología y
biogeografía de las mencionadas especies.
Description:
Two species of macroalgae (chlorophytes) are newly added to Cuban marine flora, collected in Cienfuegos Bay, Cienfuegos
province and Santa Lucia Bay, Pinar del Río province: Cladophora blomquistii C. Hoek, and Udotea fibrosa D.S. Littler & M.M.
Littler. C. blomquistii represents a new record for the Caribbean region; this taxon was previously known only from coastal
lagoons from the west coast of Florida, the northeastern corner of the Gulf of Mexico. Comments about taxonomy, ecology and
biogeography of the involved taxa are also discussed in this paper.
Description:
Published
Description:
Cladophora blomquistii
Description:
marine chlorophytes
Description:
Cuba
Description:
Udotea fibrosa
Keywords:
Marine organisms
;
New records
;
Taxonomy
;
Aquatic ecology
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Journal Contribution
,
Refereed
,
Article
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