A CHECKLIST OF BENTHIC MARINE MACROALGAE FROM THE CORPUS CHRISTI BAY AREA

摘要

Twenty-four additional species of marine macroalgae are reported from the Corpus Christi Bay area of Texas.A revised checklist increases the total number of species from 88 to 112, with a distribution of 66 Rhodophyta,15 Phaeophyta and 31 Chlorophyta.Major taxonomic rearrangements (17),name changes (38) and author revisions (15) are also given. This current list includes taxonomic synonyms, references, habitat descriptions, bay system locations and the relative abundance of each taxon of macroalgae from the area.