A FIRST REPORT ON THE MARINE ALGAL FLORA OF TURKEY: PSEUDOLITHODERMA ADRIATICUM (PHAEOPHYCEAE, LITHODERMATACEAE)

摘要

In this study, the brown alga Pseudolithoderma adriaticum (Hauck) Verlaque (Phaeophyceae, Lithodermata-ceae) is reported for the first time from Turkey. This species, with a distribution primarily in the Mediterranean Sea, was collected growing epilithically in the midlittoral zone (-0.5 m) in March 2007 from Ayvahk (Aegean Sea, Turkey).