De Ramon N'Yeurt, Antoine and Payri, C.E. (2007) Marine algal flora of French Polynesia II. Chlorophyta (green algae). Cryptogamie, Algologie, 28 (1). pp. 3-88. ISSN 0181-1568
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Abstract
This second paper in a monographic series on the marine algae of French Polynesia gives a detailed coverage of the species of Chlorophyta occurring in these islands. A total of 81 taxa are presented; of these, 23 represent new records for the local flora, 3 (Halimeda heteromorpha, Microdictyon sp. and Struveopsis sp.) are new species, and 2 are newly-described forms of Halimeda distorta (Yamada) Hillis-Colinvaux. The benthic marine green algal flora has most affinities with the neighbouring Cook Islands (Sørensen Index of 0.43) but only with 44% of shared species with that archipelago, while 69 and 64% of species are shared with the Fijian and Micronesian islands, respectively. About 75% of the flora is shared with the Indian and Pacific Ocean in general; 3 species (or about 4% of the total flora) seem restricted to French Polynesia.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | algae, Polynesia, Chlorophyceae, flora, taxonomy, biogeography |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QK Botany |
| Divisions: | Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) |
| Depositing User: | Antoine N'Yeurt |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2014 04:02 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2014 04:02 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/7599 |
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