TITLE:
Three Uncommon Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast of Mexico
AUTHORS:
A. Catalina Mendoza-González, Luz Elena Mateo-Cid, Deisy Yazmín García-López
KEYWORDS:
Bryopsidales, Corallinales, Distribution, New Records, Seaweeds
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.6 No.19,
December
14,
2015
ABSTRACT: This report describes a new record and two unusual and rare species of marine algae collected
from Oaxaca, Michoacán, Jalisco and Baja California Sur at Mexican Pacific coast. Boodleopsis verticillata
is the first record in the Pacific shore of Mexico, in the case of Melobesia polystromatica, this
is the sixth record at tropical Pacific while Litholepis sonorensisis reported for the third time in the
Gulf of California. These results suggest that the taxonomic inventory of seaweed in the Pacific
coast of Mexico is not yet complete, so attention must be given to the epiphytes, and other small
and delicate species that inhabit the coast of Mexico. Morphological descriptions, distributional
range, reproductive stage and samples examined are included.