List of algae of the Houtman Abrolhos
The marine waters of the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the coast of Western Australia, have been recorded as containing 260 species of benthic algae. This figure comprises 178 species of red algae (Rhodophyta), 50 species of brown algae (Phaeophyta) and 32 species of green algae (Chlorophyta). Both temperate and tropical species occur there.
This is a list of algae of the Houtman Abrolhos:[1]
- Chordariaceae
- Punctariaceae
- Dictyotaceae
- Dictyopteris australis
- Dictyopteris muelleri
- Dictyopteris plagiogramma
- Dictyota ceylanica
- Dictyota ciliolata
- Dictyota dichotoma
- Dictyota dichotoma var. intricata
- Dictyota furcellata
- Dictyota mertensii
- Dictyota naevosa
- Dilophus crinitus
- Dilophus fastigiatus
- Dilophus robustus
- Distromium flabellatum
- Lobophora variegata
- Pachydictyon paniculatum
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- Padina boergesenii
- Padina elegans
- Padina sanctae-crucis
- Padina tenuis
- Stypopodium australasicum
- Stypopodium flabelliforme
- Zonaria turneriana
- Ectocarpaceae
- Cystoseiraceae
- Caulocystis uvifera
- Cystoseira trinodis
- Hormophysa cuneiformis
- Myriodesma quercifolium
- Scaberia agardhii
- Sargassaceae
- Sargassum boryi
- Sargassum decurrens
- Sargassum distichum
- Sargassum fallax
- Sargassum ligulatum
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- Sargassum linearifolium
- Sargassum podacanthum
- Sargassum spinuligerum
- Sargassum tristichum
- Turbinaria gracilis
- Alariaceae
- Scytosiphonaceae
- Sphacelariaceae
- Sphacelaria biradiata
- Sphacelaria novae-hollandiae
- Sphacelaria rigidula
- Sporochnaceae
- Austronereia australis
- Encyothalia cliftonii
- Sporochnus comosus
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- Bryopsidaceae
- Bryopsis australis
- Bryopsis minor
- Trichosolen hainensis
- Caulerpaceae
- Caulerpa cactoides
- Caulerpa cliftonii
- Caulerpa cupressoides
- Caulerpa fergusonii
- Caulerpa lentillifera
- Caulerpa mexicana
- Caulerpa obscura
- Caulerpa racemosa
- Caulerpa racemosa var. corynephora
- Caulerpa racemosa var. laetivirens
- Caulerpa racemosa var. lamourouxii
- Caulerpa racemosa var. peltata
- Caulerpa racemosa var. turbinata
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- Caulerpa serrulata
- Caulerpa simpliciuscula
- Caulerpa webbiana
- Codiaceae
- Codium duthieae
- Codium geppiorum
- Codium laminarioides
- Codium lucasii
- Codium spongiosum
- Halimedaceae
- Udoteaceae
- Anadyomenaceae
- Anadyomene brownii
- Microdictyon umbilicatum
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- Polyphysaceae
- Siphonocladaceae
- Boodlea composita
- Cladophoropsis herpestica
- Siphonocladus tropicus
- Struvea plumosa
- Valoniaceae
- Dictyosphaeria cavernosa
- Dictyosphaeria versluysii
- Valonia macrophysa
- Ulvaceae
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References
- ↑ Huisman, John M. (1997). "Marine benthic algae of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia". In Wells, F. E. The marine flora and fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia: Volume 1. Western Australian Museum. pp. 177–237. ISBN 0-7309-8553-9.