Bostrychia Montagne

de Clerck, Olivier, Coppejans, Eric, Schils, Tom, Verbruggen, Heroen, Leliaert, Frederik, de Vriese, Thomas & Marie, Daniel, 2004, The marine red algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean), Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3021-3057 : 3043

Bostrychia Montagne

* Bostrychia tenella (Lamouroux) J. Agardh, 1863: 869–871 References: Jaasund, 1976: 127, figure 258; Cribb, 1996: 71, figure p. 70; Tseng, 1984: 144, pl. 75, figure 3 ; King and Puttock, 1989: 12, 34–37, figure 15; Huisman, 2000: 156; Littler and Littler, 2000: 196, figure p. 197.

Type locality. St Croix , Virgin Islands .

Voucher. HEC 14648, 19 September 2001, Gravier (s.s. 16) .

Ecology. Forming a continuous belt (Bostrychietum) on vertical and overhanging limestone cliff walls in the supralittoral fringe.

Indian Ocean distribution. Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Christmas Island, Djibouti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius ( Børgesen, 1945: 42), Mozambique, Pakistan, Rodrigues (this paper), Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand.

Figures

FIGS 1–7. Rhodophytes. (1) Gracilaria corticata (HEC 14627). (2) Renouxia antillana (HEC 14804). (3) Platoma cyclocolpa (HEC 14805). (4) Titanophora pikeana (HEC 14875). (5, 6) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 14876): (5) general morphology; (6) serrate margin. (7) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 15134b): cross-section showing cortex and medulla with densely stained ganglionic cells. Scale bars: 1 cm (1, 3, 4); 2 cm (2, 5); 5 mm (6); 50 Mm (7).