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Description

Filamentous, erect algae, 3-5 cm tall, deep red, attached to the substrate by rhizoids or discs. Branching dichotomous to irregular. Filaments 50-60 µm in diameter, producing 4 pericentral cells, partially corticated only in the basal portions. Trichoblasts deciduous, dichotomously branched in several orders, produced one per segment, spirally arranged. Tetrasporangia in stichidia, tetrahedral, spherical, 40-50 µm in diameter, one per segment, spirally arranged, arising from a fork in the suprabasal cell of the trichoblasts.

Geographic and Ecological Information

Collected for the project at

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   1. Cayo Dos Mosquises Norte
   

   Geographic coordinates: 11º 48' 17.0'' N, 66º 53' 19.6'' W   •   UTM coordinates: 730038 E, 1305826 N
   Coral reef, up to 10 m deep, moderate waves.

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   2. Cayo Los Canquises Arriba
   

   Geographic coordinates: 11º 54' 42.3'' N, 66º 50' 24.1'' W   •   UTM coordinates: 735261 E, 1317710 N
   Sandy bottom with isolated corals, up to 25 m deep, moderate waves, moderate current.

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References

Abbott, I.A., D.L. Ballantine & D. C. O'Doherty. 2010. Morphological relationships within the genus Lophocladia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) including a description a L. kuesteri sp. nov. from Hawaii. Phycologia 49(4): 390-401.

Dawes, C.J. 1974. Marine algae of the West coast of Florida. University of Miami Press, Florida, 201 pp.

Littler, D. S. & M. M. Littler. 2000. Caribbean reef plants. An identification guide to the reef plants of the Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida and Gulf of Mexico. OffShore Graphics, Inc. Washington, 542 pp.

Taylor, W. R. 1960. Marine algae of the eastern tropical and subtropical coasts of the Americas. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 870 pp.