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- Title
SEAWEED FLORA OF THE ST. MARTIN'S REEF, BANGLADESH.
- Authors
AZIZ, ABDUL; KABIR, SHAHRIAR; ALFASANE, MD. ALMUJADDADE
- Abstract
St. Martin's Reef (SMR) about 14 km west of the St. Martin's Island, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh was not known during last over 50 years of seaweed researches. Recent six collections made with the assistance of Bangladesh Navy revealed 8 seaweeds species which are Pterocladiella maribagoensis Boo and Geraldino, Hypnea spinella (C. Agardh) Kützing, Peyssonnelia polymorpha (Zanar.) Schmitz, Jania pumila Lam., J. ungulata f. brevior (Yendo) Yendo (Rhodophyta); Caulerpa racemosa var. clavifera (Turner) Bosse, Bryopsis plumosa (Huds.) C. Ag. and Halimeda tuna (Ellis & Solander) Lam. (Chlorophyta). Of these six seaweeds such as Pterocladiella maribagoensis Boo et Geraldino, Hypnea spinella (C. Agardh) Kützing, Jania pumila Lamx., J. ungulata f. brevior (Yendo) Yendo, Bryopsis plumosa (Huds.) C. Ag. and Halimeda tuna (Ellis & Solander) Lam. have been newly recorded and described from the SMR in Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh territory). Presence of Peyssonnelia polymorpha and Bryopsis plumosa in the collections and physical and chemical water environments recorded indicated it as a true newly forming reef. The present illustrated account is however may be considered as base-line information on seaweed flora of the new SMR in the North-east Bangladesh coast. A total of six seaweeds have been newly recorded making the total seaweeds to 216 mostly from the SMI and nearby SMR.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; SAINT Martin (West Indies); MARINE algae; REEFS; BOTANY; CAULERPA; RED algae
- Publication
Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 1, p153
- ISSN
1028-2092
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3329/bjpt.v30i1.67052