The marine brown algae of the east Aegean Sea and Dardanelles II. Ectocarpaceae, chordariaceae and scytosiphonaceae
Abstract
This paper reports 31 species of Phaeophyceae (1 Ectocarpaceae, 24 Chordariaceae and 6 Scytosiphonaceae) from the Dardanelles and the Aegean coast of Turkey. Four species are reported for the first time from the coast of Turkey and the Aegean Sea: Kuckuckia spinosa (Kützing) Kornmann, Botrytella micromora Bory, Petrospongium sp. and Hecatonema terminale (Kützing) Kylin. Notes on geographical distribution, morphology and ecology are given for each species. © 2008 Adac.