Bibliographic Detail
Bárbara, I., Cremades, J., Calvo, S., López-Rodríguez, M.C. & Dosil, J., 2005
Reference:
Bárbara, I., Cremades, J., Calvo, S., López-Rodríguez, M.C. & Dosil, J. (2005). Checklist of the benthic marine and brackish Galician algae (NW Spain). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 62: 69-100.
Abstract:
We present an annotated checklist of the benthic marine and
brackish algae of the Galician coasts (Spain) based on literature
records and new collections. This checklist includes 618 species:
118 Cyanophyta, 296 Rhodophyta, 127 Ochrophyta, and 77
Chlorophyta. The number of specific, infraspecific taxa, and
stages is 643: 121 Cyanophyta, 309 Rhodophyta, 135 Ochrophyta,
and 79 Chlorophyta. Hyella caespitosa var. nitida,
Calothrix fasciculata, Gracilariopsis longissima, Compsonema
minutum, and Sphacelaria tribuloides are new records for Galicia,
and there are also some new provincial records. We state the
presence of each species for Lugo (Lu), A Coruña (Co), and Pontevedra
(Po) provinces. The number of species found in Galicia is
high, since 85% of the species recorded for the warm-temperate
NE Atlantic Ocean grow in Galicia. Biogeographical comments
comparing the Galician data with the neighboring areas
of Britain and Ireland, Basque coast, Portugal, southern Iberian
Peninsula, Canary Islands and Atlantic coast of Morocco are given.
Finally, we present lists of cold-temperate, warm-temperate,
Lusitanic Province endemics, and alien species growing in Galicia.