%0 Journal Article %T Primer registro de Ceramium cingulatum Weber-Van Bosse (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) para el oc¨¦ano Atl¨¢ntico Occidental %A Garc¨ªa %A Mayra %A G¨®mez %A Santiago %J Ernstia %D 2009 %I Universidad Central de Venezuela %X the occurrence of the red alga ceramium cingulatum associated with gelidium serrulatum, in the western atlantic ocean, is reported for the first time. c. cingulatum is characterized by thallus rod-shaped, creeping and erect habit, branching absent, tetrasporangia protruding and verticillate. the specimens were collected in the intertidal zone of puerto cruz, vargas state and los coquitos, aragua state, venezuela. a description of the species is presented with morphological and reproductive data, habitat and geographical distribution. %K ceramium %K ceramiaceae %K rhodophyta %K western atlantic ocean %K venezuela. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0252-82742009000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en