List of algae of the Houtman Abrolhos explained

The marine waters of the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the coast of Western Australia, have been recorded as containing 260 species of benthic algae. This figure comprises 178 species of red algae (Rhodophyta), 50 species of brown algae (Phaeophyta) and 32 species of green algae (Chlorophyta). Both temperate and tropical species occur there. This is a list of algae of the Houtman Abrolhos:^[1]

Porphyridiaceae Stylonema alsidii Acrochaetiaceae Audouinella saviana Bonnemaisoniaceae Asparagopsis armata Asparagopsis taxiformis Ceramiaceae Acrothamnion preissii Aglaothamnion cordatum Anotrichium tenue Antithamnion antillanum Antithamnion armatum Antithamnion hanovioides Carpothamnion gunnianum Centroceras clavulatum Ceramium filicula Ceramium flaccidum Ceramium isogonum Ceramium macilentum Ceramium mazatlanense Ceramium puberulum Ceramium sherpherdii Ceramium sympodiale Corallophila huysmansii Dasyphila preissii Drewiana nitella Euptilocladia spongiosa Euptilota articulata Gattya pinnella Griffithsia ovalis Guiryella repens Haloplegma preissii Lejolisia aegagropila Monosporus indicus Perischelia glomulifera Pleonosporium caribaeum Seirospora orientalis Spyridia filamentosa Tanakaella itonoi Trithamnion gracilissimum Wrangelia plumosa Dasyaceae Dasya iyengarii Dasya pilosa Delesseriaceae Acrosorium decumbens Claudea elegans Cottoniella filamentosa Haraldiophyllum erosum Hemineura frondosa Heterodoxia denticulata Hypoglossum caloglossoides Hypoglossum revolutum Martensia australis Martensia fragilis Platysiphonia corymbosa Platysiphonia delicata Platysiphonia marginalis Sarcomenia delesserioides Rhodomelaceae Acanthophora dendroides Acanthophora spicifera Chondria curdieana Chondria dangeardii Chondria lanceolata Dasyclonium flaccidum Dasyclonium incisum Dictyomenia sonderi Dictyomenia tridens Ditria expleta Doxodasya bolbochaete Endosiphonia spinuligera

Herposiphonia secunda Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella Heterostroma nereidiis Jeannerettia lobata Jeannerettia pedicellata Kuetzingia canaliculata Laurencia brongniartia Laurencia cruciata Laurencia filiformis Laurencia majuscula Laurencia papillosa Lenormandiopsis latifolia Leveillea jungermannioides Lophocladia harveyi Lophosiphonia prostrata Neurymenia fraxinifolia Osmundaria spiralis Placophora binderi Polysiphonia decipiens Polysiphonia gracilis Protokuetzingia australasica Spirocladia barodensis Tolypiocladia glomerulata Corallinaceae Amphiroa anceps Amphiroa foliacea Amphiroa gracilis Haliptilon roseum Hydrolithon farinosum Hydrolithon onkodes Jania pulchella Lithophyllum bermudense Mesophyllum engelhartii Mesophyllum erubescens Mesophyllum funafutiense Metagoniolithon radiatum Metagoniolithon stelliferum Metamastophora flabellata Pneophyllum fragile Gelidiaceae Gelidium australe Pterocladia lucida Gelidiellaceae Gelidiella pannosa Acrotylaceae Amphiplexia hymenocladioides Claviclonium ovatum Hennedya crispa Areschougiaceae Areschougia ligulata Callophycus serratus Callophycus oppositifolius Erythroclonium sonderi Eucheuma denticulatum Eucheuma gelatinum Eucheuma speciosum Meristotheca papulosa Solieria robusta Cystocloniaceae Craspedocarpus venosus Dicranemataceae Dicranema revolutum Tylotus obtusatus Dumontiaceae Acrosymphyton taylorii Dudresnaya capricornica Rhodopeltis borealis Hypneaceae Hypnea spinella Hypnea valentiae Kallymeniaceae Glaphrymenia pustulosa

Kallymenia cribrogloea Kallymenia cribrosa Nemastomataceae Nemastoma damaecornis Predaea laciniosa Predaea weldii Titanophora weberae Nizymeniaceae Nizymania conferta Peyssonneliaceae Peyssonnelia capensis Peyssonnelia inamoena Phacelocarpaceae Phacelocarpus alatus Rhizophyllidaceae Portieria hornemannii Gracilariaceae Curdiea obesa Gracilaria canaliculata Gracilaria preissiana Gracilaria textorii Halymeniaceae Codiophyllum flabelliforme Cryptonemia kallymenioides Epiphloea bullosa Gelinaria ulvoidea Halymenia floresia Sebdeniaceae Sebdenia flabellata Liagoraceae Dotyophycus abbottiae Ganonema farinosa Gloiotrichus fractalis Liagora setchellii Trichogloea requienii Yamadaella Galaxauraceae Galaxaura marginata Galaxaura obtusata Galaxaura rugosa Scinaia tsinglanensis Tricleocarpa cylindrica Plocamiaceae Plocamium preissianum Champiaceae Champia compressa Champia pravula Champia zostericola Lomentariaceae Lomentaria corallicola Lomentaria monochlamydea Semnocarpoa minuta Rhodymeniaceae Asteromenia peltata Botryocladia skottsbergii Ceratodictyon spongiosum Chrysymenia kaernbachii Chrysymenia ornata Coelarthrum cliftonii Coelothrix irregularis Gelidiopsis variabilis Gloiocladia halymenioides Gloiocladia indica Gloiocladia rubrispora Gloiosaccion brownii Hymenocladia usnea Rhodymenia leptophylla Rhodymenia sonderi Webervanboassea splachnoides

Phaeophyta

Chordariaceae Cladosiphon filum Punctariaceae Asperococcus bullosus Dictyotaceae Dictyopteris australis Dictyopteris muelleri Dictyopteris plagiogramma Dictyota ceylanica Dictyota ciliolata Dictyota dichotoma Dictyota dichotoma var. intricata Dictyota furcellata Dictyota mertensii Dictyota naevosa Dilophus crinitus Dilophus fastigiatus Dilophus robustus Distromium flabellatum Lobophora variegata Pachydictyon paniculatum

Padina boergesenii Padina elegans Padina sanctae-crucis Padina tenuis Stypopodium australasicum Stypopodium flabelliforme Zonaria turneriana Ectocarpaceae Hincksia mitchelliae Cystoseiraceae Caulocystis uvifera Cystoseira trinodis Hormophysa cuneiformis Myriodesma quercifolium Scaberia agardhii Sargassaceae Sargassum boryi Sargassum decurrens Sargassum distichum Sargassum fallax Sargassum ligulatum

Sargassum linearifolium Sargassum podacanthum Sargassum spinuligerum Sargassum tristichum Turbinaria gracilis Alariaceae Ecklonia radiata Scytosiphonaceae Colpomenia peregrina Hydroclathrus clathratus Rosenvingea orientalis Sphacelariaceae Sphacelaria biradiata Sphacelaria novae-hollandiae Sphacelaria rigidula Sporochnaceae Austronereia australis Encyothalia cliftonii Sporochnus comosus

Chlorophyta

Bryopsidaceae Bryopsis australis Bryopsis minor Trichosolen hainensis Caulerpaceae Caulerpa cactoides Caulerpa cliftonii Caulerpa cupressoides Caulerpa fergusonii Caulerpa lentillifera Caulerpa mexicana Caulerpa obscura Caulerpa racemosa Caulerpa racemosa var. corynephora Caulerpa racemosa var. laetivirens Caulerpa racemosa var. lamourouxii Caulerpa racemosa var. peltata Caulerpa racemosa var. turbinata

Caulerpa serrulata Caulerpa simpliciuscula Caulerpa webbiana Codiaceae Codium duthieae Codium geppiorum Codium laminarioides Codium lucasii Codium spongiosum Halimedaceae Halimeda cuneata Udoteaceae Penicillus nodulosus Anadyomenaceae Anadyomene brownii Microdictyon umbilicatum

Polyphysaceae Acetabularia calyculus Siphonocladaceae Boodlea composita Cladophoropsis herpestica Siphonocladus tropicus Struvea plumosa Valoniaceae Dictyosphaeria cavernosa Dictyosphaeria versluysii Valonia macrophysa Ulvaceae Ulva lactuca

Notes and References

1. Book: Huisman, John M. . 1997 . Marine benthic algae of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia . 177–237 . Wells, F. E. . The marine flora and fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia: Volume 1 . Western Australian Museum . 0-7309-8553-9.