First report of the North Atlantic myrionematoid brown alga Ulonema rhizophorum Foslie (Phaeophyceae, Chordariaceae) in the Mediterranean Sea

The myrionematoid brown alga Ulonema rhizophorum Foslie (Phaeophyceae, Chordariaceae) is reported for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea. This species was collected growing as an epiphyte on Ulva sp. from the Dardanelles (Sea of Marmara, Turkey) in the midlittoral zone. Ulonema rhizophorum is...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Mediterranean Marine Science
Main Author: TASKIN, E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research 2013
Subjects:
Brown algae
Mediterranean Sea
seaweeds
Turkey
Ulonema rhizophorum
geo
envir
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.330
https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12302
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Summary:The myrionematoid brown alga Ulonema rhizophorum Foslie (Phaeophyceae, Chordariaceae) is reported for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea. This species was collected growing as an epiphyte on Ulva sp. from the Dardanelles (Sea of Marmara, Turkey) in the midlittoral zone. Ulonema rhizophorum is characterized by downwardly produced rhizoids from the basal system. A key to the Mediterranean related genera of Ulonema is provided.

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