Diphasia tropica Nutting, 1904

(fig. 4J, K)

Diphasia tropica Nutting, 1904: 110, pl. 30 fig. 1.― Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen, 1965: 17, figs 1–5.

Material examined. Stn.13: 0 3.12.2009, 10–15 m—two small (1–2 mm high) sterile stems, on basal part of caulus of Thyroscyphus ramosus Allman, 1877 . Stn.15: 02.12.2009 —a single colony with stems to 4 mm high, some bearing gonothecae, on red algae caught by fishing nets presumably off Port-Louis, depth unknown.

Remarks. For synonymy and description, see Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen (1965).

Caribbean records. See Calder & Kirkendale (2005).

World distribution. Bahamas (Nutting 1904), Brazil (Vannucci 1949, as Diphasiella ornata; Migotto 1996), Ghana (Buchanan 1957).