The marine waters of the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the coast of Western Australia, have been recorded as containing 260 species of benthic algae. This figure comprises 178 species of red algae (Rhodophyta), 50 species of brown algae (Phaeophyta) and 32 species of green algae (Chlorophyta). Both temperate and tropical species occur there.
This is a list of algae of the Houtman Abrolhos:[1]
- Chordariaceae
- Punctariaceae
- Dictyotaceae
- Dictyopteris australis
- Dictyopteris muelleri
- Dictyopteris plagiogramma
- Dictyota ceylanica
- Dictyota ciliolata
- Dictyota dichotoma
- Dictyota dichotoma var. intricata
- Dictyota furcellata
- Dictyota mertensii
- Dictyota naevosa
- Dilophus crinitus
- Dilophus fastigiatus
- Dilophus robustus
- Distromium flabellatum
- Lobophora variegata
- Pachydictyon paniculatum
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- Ectocarpaceae
- Cystoseiraceae
- Caulocystis uvifera
- Cystoseira trinodis
- Hormophysa cuneiformis
- Myriodesma quercifolium
- Scaberia agardhii
- Sargassaceae
- Sargassum boryi
- Sargassum decurrens
- Sargassum distichum
- Sargassum fallax
- Sargassum ligulatum
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- Alariaceae
- Scytosiphonaceae
- Sphacelariaceae
- Sphacelaria biradiata
- Sphacelaria novae-hollandiae
- Sphacelaria rigidula
- Sporochnaceae
- Austronereia australis
- Encyothalia cliftonii
- Sporochnus comosus
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References
- ^ Huisman, John M. (1997). "Marine benthic algae of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia". In Wells, F. E. (ed.). The marine flora and fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia: Volume 1. Western Australian Museum. pp. 177–237. ISBN 0-7309-8553-9.