First records of two Padina species (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean)

H Arraj,A Abbas,H Mayhoob

doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0090-x

Abstract

Padina ditristromatica and Padina boryana (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) are recorded for the first time from the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean). Padina ditristromatica has been previously reported in the west and the north east of the Mediterranean (Ni-Ni-Win et al. 2011) and Padina boryana from the southern Mediterranean (Geraldino et al. 2005). The morphological and anatomical characteristics have been used to confirm the new Padina spp.

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IntroductionSpecimens of the genus Padina Adanson were collected from Syria during a survey of Phaeophyceae
Marine macrophytes have been thoroughly studied in the western Mediterranean, but there are fewer studies for the eastern Mediterranean (Giaccone 1968; Mayhoob 1976; UNEP/IUCN/GIS 1990) especially of the Phaeophycean algae (Mayhoob 1989, 2004; Mayhoob and Billard 1991; Mayhoob and Hatoum 2005).Specimens of the genus Padina Adanson were collected from Syria during a survey of Phaeophyceae.This genus includes about 27 species (Papenfuss 1977) in tropical and sub-tropical waters
This paper describes the recording of 2 species of the brown alga genus Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) for the first time on the Syrian coast

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Specimens of the genus Padina Adanson were collected from Syria during a survey of Phaeophyceae. This genus includes about 27 species (Papenfuss 1977) in tropical and sub-tropical waters. In the Mediterranean Sea only 5 species have been reported: Padina pavonica (L) Thivy, P. boryana Thivy (Ribera et al 1992), P. antillarum (Kützing) Piccone (P. tetrastromatica Hauck (Mayhoob 2004)), P. ditristromatica Ni-Ni-Win & H. and P. pavonicoides Ni-Ni-Win & H. Kawai (Ni-Ni-Win et al 2011; Cormaci et al 2012). Two of these are found on the Syrian coast: P. pavonica and P. tetrastromatica (Mayhoob 2004)

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