Chroodactylon ornatum

Author
(C. Agardh) Basson, 1979
Common Names
  • Asterocytis ornata (C. Agardh) G. Hamel, 1924, Asterocytis ramosa (Thwaites) Gobi ex F. Schmitz, 1896

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
20 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Atlantic Florida to Massachusetts, California, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Europe, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Vietnam, tropical Pacific Islands, North, East & West Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Japan, Papua New Guinea, South Australia
Habitat-Biology
  • epiphytic or epizoic on soft tissue
  • hard substrate
  • estuarine
References

  • Ballantine, D., and H. J. Humm. 1975. Benthic algae of the Anclote Estuary I. Epiphytes of seagrass leaves. Florida Scientist 38: 150–162.

  • Croley, F. C., and C. J. Dawes. 1970. Ecology of the algae of a Florida Key, pt. 1: a preliminary checklist, zonation and seasonality. Bulletin of Marine Science 20: 165–185.

  • Dawes, C. J., and J. F. Van Breedveld. 1969. Benthic marine algae. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises 1(2): 1–47.

  • Earle, S. A. 1972. Benthic algae and seagrasses. Appendix II. Pp. 15–18 in L. S. Z. El-Sayed, W. M. Sackett, L. M. Jeffrey, A. D. Fredericks, R. P. Saunders, P. S. Conger, G. A. Fryxell, K. A. Steidinger, and S. A. Earle, eds. Chemistry, Primary Production, and Benthic Algae of the Gulf of Mexico. Folio 22. The Serial Atlas of the Marine Environment. American Geographical Society, New York.

  • Edwards, P. 1970. Illustrated guide to the seaweeds and seagrasses in the vicinity of Port Aransas, Texas. Contributions in Marine Science 15 (suppl.): 1–27.

  • Edwards, P. 1976. Illustrated Guide to the Seaweeds and Seagrasses in the Vicinity of Port Aransas, Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin. 128 pp.

  • Humm, H. J., and H. H. Hildebrand. 1962. Marine algae from the Gulf coast of Texas and Mexico. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Texas 8: 227–268.

  • Kim, Ch. S. 1964. Marine Algae of Alacran Reef, Southern Gulf of Mexico. Ph. D. Thesis, Duke University, Durham, United States. 213 pp. [University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, 1976].

  • Lehman, R. L. 1999. A checklist of benthic marine macroalgae from the Corpus Christi Bay area. Texas Journal of Science 51: 241–252.

  • Mendoza-González, A. C., and L. E. Mateo-Cid. 1985. Contribución al conocimiento de la floramarina bentónica de las Islas Sacrificios y Santiaguillo, Veracruz, México. Phytologia 59: 9–16.

  • Orozco Vega, H., and K. M. Dreckmann. 1995. Macroalgas estuarinas del litoral mexicano del Golfo de México. Cryptogamie, Algologie 16: 189–198.

  • Ortega, M. M., J. L. Godínez, and G. Garduño Solórzano. 2001. Catálogo de Algas Bénticas de las Costas Mexicanas del Golfo de México y Mar Caribe. Cuadernos 34, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México. 594 pp.

  • Suárez, A. M. 2005. Lista de las macroalgas marinas cubanas. Revista Investigaciones Marinas 26: 93–148.

  • Taylor, W. R. 1960. Marine Algae of the Eastern Tropical and Subtropical Coasts of the Americas. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.

  • Tunnell, J. W., Jr., and S. A. Alvarado, eds. 1996. Chlorophytes, Phaeophytes, Rhodophytes. Pp. 27–40 in Checklist of Species Within Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program Study Area: References, Habitats, Distribution, and Abundance. Current Status and Historical Trends of Estuarine Living Resources of the Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program Study Area.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-24-2024.

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