Cladophoropsis sundanensis Reinbold, 1905: 147

Coppejans, Eric, Leliaert, Frederik, Verbruggen, Heroen, de Clerck, Olivier, Schils, Tom, de Vriese, Thomas & Marie, Daniel, 2004, The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean), Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 2959-3020 : 2971-2973

* Cladophoropsis sundanensis Reinbold, 1905: 147

References: Børgesen, 1935: 10–11, figure 1 ; Egerod, 1974: 141, figures 32–36;

1975: 46, figures 8–10 ; Jaasund, 1976: 11, figure 24 ; Tseng, 1984: 274, pl. 136,

figure 1 ; Payri et al., 2000: 72, figure p. 63; Leliaert et al., 2001: 452,

figures 6–8 .

Syntype localities. Various in Indonesia , including Solor and Semau. Voucher. HEC 14673 (zF), 19 September 2001, Gravier (s.s. 16). Ecology. Horizontal, sand-covered rock substratum in the intertidal. Distribution. Aldabra Islands, Diego Garcia Atoll , India, Indonesia (Java) ,

Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius ( Børgesen, 1940: 21; 1946: 15), Réunion

( Payri, 1985: 640), Rodrigues (this paper), Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia,

Tanzania, Thailand.

General remarks on the distribution of Cladophoropsis in the Mascarene Islands

Cladophoropsis herpestica has not been reported from Mauritius but C. javanica (Kützing) Silva mentioned from that island ( Børgesen, 1946: 15 ~ C. zollingeri (Kützing) Reinbold ) was not collected on Rodrigues.

Figures

FIG. 1. Sampling stations. See table 1 for a list of the stations and their GPS coordinates. Map redrawn from Wells (1988). The outer grey line represents the fringing reef.

FIGS 7–13. Caulerpa brachypus, variation in the general morphology and margin structure of the assimilators. (7) Large growth form collected in grooves between bumps of coral rubble, frequently branching and with secondary stolons (HEC 14867). (8) Intermediately large growth form with wide assimilators (HEC 14769). (9) Intermediately large growth form with relatively narrow assimilators (HEC 14656a). (10) Typical specimen with simple or scarcely branched assimilators (HEC 14612). (11) Assimilator with smooth margin (HEC 14612). (12) Assimilator with coarsely dentate margin (HEC 14656a). (13) Assimilator with densely dentate margin (HEC 14718). Scale bars: 2 cm (7–10); 1 mm (11–13).

FIGS 19–24. Chlorophyta. (19) Caulerpa nummularia, proliferating from primary, peltate assimilator (HEC 14609 p.p.). (20) Rhipidosiphon javensis (HEC 14763). (21) Udotea sp. (HEC 14759). (22–24) Udotea palmetta (HEC 14817): (22) general morphology of large, fertile specimen; (23) gametangia growing from the blade surface; (24) gametangia growing from the blade margin. Scale bars: 2 mm (19, 20); 1 cm (21, 22); 1 mm (23); 500 mm (24).

FIGS 2–6. Chlorophyta. (2) Microdictyon tenuius, detail of branching and anastomosing patterns (HEC 14849). (3) Bryopsis pennata var. pennata, branchlets of last order contiguous and in a single plane (HEC 14796 p.p.). (4) Bryopsis pennata var. leprieurii, branchlets of last order interrupted and in a single plane (HEC 14757).(5) Bryopsis pennata var. secunda, branchlets of last order curved in one direction (HEC 14796 p.p.). (6) Chamaedoris delphinii (HEC 14617). Scale bars: 250 mm (2); 5 mm (3–5); 1 cm (6).