Abstract
Halophilic microalgae were collected from the salt pans of Tuticorin, Southeast coast of India. Collected specimens belonged to 13 species, of which 3 were Bacillariophyceae, 4 were Chlorophyceae and 6 were Cyanophyceae. During the study period, it was observed that the species diversity was decreased sharply when the salinity of the water increases. Hypersaline region i.e. in the crystallizing area only Dunaliella sp. and Nitzschia sp. were seen. Dunaliella sp. was the most prominent species in the crystallizing area forming orange-red patches on the salt crystals. While the algae were cultured under laboratory condition, most of the species were failed to grow except Oscillatoria sp. and Dunaliella sp. are the prevailing collection in hypersaline area Tuticorin.
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