Volumen 45 - Número 1: 159 -164 | 2010
Nota Científica

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Morfología y taxonomía de Scinaia halliae (Scinaiaceae, Rhodophyta) en el litoral de Bahia y Espírito Santo, Brasil

José Marcos de C. Nunes^1* y Silvia Maria P. B. Guimarães²

¹Laboratório de Algas Marinhas - LAMAR, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biologia, Campus de Ondina, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, CEP 40170-280, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

² Instituto de Botânica, Seção de Ficologia, Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, CEP 04301-902, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

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Scinaia halliae (Scinaiaceae, Rhodophyta) is analysed morphologically and taxonomically from the coast of Espírito Santo and Bahia, Brazil. Specimens were collected on the intertidal and in infralitoral zones from 16 m depth through a dredge Holme. Descriptions and illustrations are presented, as well as comments on habitat and geographical distribution in the Brazilian coast. This study confirms that Scinaia brasiliensis Joly & Cordeiro-Marino is synonym of S. halliae (Setchell) Huismann, and this species is recorded, for the first time, from the coast of Bahia.

Key words: Seaweeds, Nemaliales, diversity, Scinaia brasiliensis

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