New reports of macroalgae from the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico

Abstract

Fourteen new records of marine algae fom the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico are reported: Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskal) J. agardh, Caulerpa ambigua Okamura, Derbesia Marina (Lyngbye) Kjellman, Polyphysa parvula (Solms-Laubach) Schnetter et Bula-Meyer, Amphiroa beauvoisii Lamouroux, Peyssonelia pacifica Kylin, Rhodymenia divaricata Dawson, Chondria decipiens Kylin, Polysiphonia decussata Hollenberg, Champia parvula (C. Agardh) Harvey, Dermonema frappieri (Mont. ef Millard) Borgesen, Pleonosporium mexicanum Dawson, Feldmannia elachistaeformis (Heydrich) Pham Hoang and Lobophora variegata (Lamour.) Womersley. Data concerning the morphology, phenology, the nature of the habitat and the localities are presented. Codium giraffa Silva, not recorded since it's original description, is also reported.