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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: 27
PDF downloaded: 39

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%).