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 (Kutzing) Kornmann, Botrytella micromora Bory, Petrospongium sp. and Hecatonema terminate (Kutzing) Kylin. Notes on geographical distribution, morphology and ecology are given for each species.