%0 Journal Article
%T New Records of Marine Macroalgae on the Caribbean on Coast of Costa Rica
%A Rub¨¦n Cabrera
%A Jhoana D¨ªaz-Larrea
%A Schery Umanzor
%J American Journal of Plant Sciences
%P 1708-1728
%@ 2158-2750
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajps.2019.1010122
%X The results obtained in this study highlight that
further the macroalgae diversity in this region is even higher than what is
reported to date. Here we present eight new records of marine macroalgae
collected from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica between March 2011 and May
2019. The morphological characteristics of <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Bryocladia</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <i>cuspidata</i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Ceratodictyon</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">variabile</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Gracilaria</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">hayi</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Padina</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <i>boergesenii</i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Zonaria</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">tournefortii</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Sargassum</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">furcatum</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Chaetomorpha</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">aerea</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Bryopsis</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">pennata</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> var. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">secunda</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> are
described. The genera </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Bryocladia</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Zonaria</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> are reported for the first time
for this region.</span>
%K New Records
%K Caribbean Sea
%K Costa Rica
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=95679