Ficoflora Los Roques Archipelago N.P.
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Caulerpa cupressoides var. mamillosa  (Montagne) Weber-van Bosse

phylum Chlorophyta › clase Bryopsidophyceae › orden Bryopsidales › familia Caulerpaceae

New record for Los Roques Archipelago National Park

Description

Algae formed by an erect portion and a stoloniferous portion, 5-7 cm tall, grass green, attached to the substrate by rhizoids. Erect portion irregularly branched, with short determinate branches forming dense columns parallel to the main axis (4-5 columns) and growing in a spiral. Determinate branches conical, as long as broad, curved adaxially, with acute apices. Internal structure made up of coenocytic filaments, with trabeculae.

Geographic and Ecological Information

Collected for the project at


  1. 1. Boca de Cote

    Geographic coordinates: 11º 45' 57.6'' N, 66º 42' 03.9'' W   •   UTM coordinates: 750533 E, 1301703 N
    Sandy bottom with isolated corals and Thalassia testudium meadow, up to 1 m deep, very strong waves.

  2. Geographic coordinates: 11º 45' 52.9'' N, 66º 41' 58.3'' W   •   UTM coordinates: 750704 E, 1301561 N
    Sandy bottom with Thalassia testudium meadows, up to 1 m deep, moderate waves.

    3. | total collection sites: 2

  3. 2. Cayo Pirata

    Geographic coordinates: 11º 55' 40.2'' N, 66º 39' 16.1'' W   •   UTM coordinates: 755466 E, 1319655 N
    Submerged coral reef, up to 1 m deep, very strong waves. Thalassia testudium meadow, mixed with corals, 50 cm deep, strong waves.


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References


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.


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