Gracilaria salicornia (C. Agardh) Dawson, 1954: 4

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* Gracilaria salicornia (C. Agardh) Dawson, 1954: 4

References: Magruder and Hunt, 1979: 73, figure p. 72; Jaasund, 1976: 85, figure 171; Tseng, 1984: 108, pl. 57, figure 1 ; Withell et al., 1994: 297–301, figures 14, 15; Cribb, 1996: 87, figure p. 86; Millar and Xia, 1997: 106, figures 5 –10; Abbott, 1999: 214, figure 59D–H; Littler and Littler, 2003: 100, middle figure p. 101.

Type locality. Possibly Manila Harbour, Philippines .

Vouchers. HEC 14638, 18 September 2001, western part of Cotton Bay (s.s. 13) ; HEC 14771, 25 September 2001, Grand Bassin (s.s. 2) .

Ecology. Epilithic; one collection from high intertidal rocks, exposed at low tide; the other specimens were found on submerged coral heads in the lagoon, just under low water mark.

Indian Ocean distribution. Aldabra Islands, Andaman Islands, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Laccadives, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius ( Børgesen, 1943: 67–68, as Corallopsis opuntia J. Agardh ; 1950a: 24–26, figures 9, 10, as C. opuntia ; 1951: 41, as C. opuntia ; Jagtap 1993: table I), Mozambique, Nicobar Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Réunion ( Jadin, 1935: 164, as C. opuntia ), Rodrigues (this paper), Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Yemen.

Figures

FIGS 1–7. Rhodophytes. (1) Gracilaria corticata (HEC 14627). (2) Renouxia antillana (HEC 14804). (3) Platoma cyclocolpa (HEC 14805). (4) Titanophora pikeana (HEC 14875). (5, 6) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 14876): (5) general morphology; (6) serrate margin. (7) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 15134b): cross-section showing cortex and medulla with densely stained ganglionic cells. Scale bars: 1 cm (1, 3, 4); 2 cm (2, 5); 5 mm (6); 50 Mm (7).