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Issue: Vol. 190 No. 1: 24 December 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.190.1.15
Page range: 250–267
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 61

Composition and Distribution of Deep Water Macroalgae Species from the Continental Shelf of Sergipe State, Brazil

Centro Acadêmico de Vitória (CAV), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Rua do Alto do Reservatório s/n, Bela Vista, Vitória de Santo Antão, 55.608-680, Pernambuco, Brasil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica (PPGB) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica (PPGB) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica (PPGB) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Núcleo em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Socioambiental de Macaé (NUPEM), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus UFRJ-Macaé Prof. Aloisio Teixeira, Rua São José do Barreto, 764, Barreto, 27965-045, Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
biodiversity benthic macroalgae subtidal

Abstract

This study investigates the deep-water flora of the continental shelf in Sergipe State, Brazil located between 10º36’08’’ – 11º21’07’’S and 36º28’10’’ – 37º13’47’’W. The samples were collected by dragging at 18 sampling sites, between 10 to 30 m depth, from May 1999 to March 2000. A total of 91 taxa of marine benthic macroalgae were identified (56 Rhodophyta, 20 Heterokontophyta and 15 Chlorophyta). Forty-seven (47) of these are new occurrences for Sergipe flora. Rhodophyta dominated, accounting for 61% of the total species collected, with the order Ceramiales having the highest number of species present (39.55%), followed by Heterokontophyta (23%), mostly represented by Dictyotales (65%). Finally, 15 Chlorophyta taxa were found (16%), mainly composed of Bryopsidales (53%).

How to Cite

Pereira, Sonia Maria Barreto, JULIANA TORRES, and Lisia Monica de Souza Gestinari. 2014. “Composition and Distribution of Deep Water Macroalgae Species from the Continental Shelf of Sergipe State, Brazil”. Phytotaxa 190 (1):250–267. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.190.1.15.