Marine benthic Cyanobacteria in Northern Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)
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2015
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In this paper, 47 taxa (15 Chroococcales, 20 Oscillatoriales, and 12 Nostocales) of Cyanobacteria that were collected alongthe coasts of Northern Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) are reported. Aphanocapsa litoralis (Hansgirg) Komárek & Anagnostidis,Coelosphaerium minutissimum Lemmermann, Chroococcus cf. turicensis (Nägeli) Hansgirg, Chroococcus varius A.Braun, Spirulinatenerrima Kützing ex Gomont, Calothrix fuscoviolacea P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan ex Bornet & Flahault, Rivularia nitida C.Agardhex Bornet & Flahault, and Scytonematopsis pilosa (Harvey ex Bornet & Flahault) I.Umezaki & M.Watanabe are recorded for the frsttime from the Mediterranean Sea, and 35 taxa are also recorded for the frst time from Northern Cyprus. Data are also providedconcerning the geographical, morphological, and ecological distribution of each species. Sampling was based on 4 diferent localities(Korucam, Girne, Dip Karpaz, and Gazimağusa) in the Northern Cyprus marine ecosystem supralittoral zone at a depth of 30 35 m inthe infralittoral zone between 2006 and 2008.