Gelidiopsis intricata (C. Agardh) Vickers, 1905: 61

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* Gelidiopsis intricata (C. Agardh) Vickers, 1905: 61 References: Jaasund, 1976: 87, figure 177; Cribb, 1983: 56–57, pl. 13, figures 1, 2 ;

Price and Scott, 1992: 51–52, figure 13A–F; Abbott, 1999: 221, figure 61A;

Littler and Littler, 2000: 124, figure p. 125; Payri et al., 2000: 232, figure p. 233;

Skelton and South, 2002: 144, figure 8D–G.

Syntype localities. Mauritius ; Hawaiian Islands ; ‘Ravak’, Waigeo Island, Moluccas, Indonesia .

Vouchers. HEC 14635 (zF), 18 September 2001, western side of Cotton Bay (s.s. 13) ; HEC 14658 (zF), 19 September 2001, Gravier (s.s. 16) ; HEC 14681 (zF) and HEC 14705 (zF), 20 September 2001, Rivière Banane (s.s. 12) ; HEC 14841 and HEC 14842 (zF), 27 September 2001, Baie de l’Hermitage (s.s. 22) .

Ecology. Epilithic from mid-intertidal pools down to the shallow sublittoral zone.

Indian Ocean distribution. Andaman Islands, Australia, Burma, Diego Garcia Atoll, Indonesia, Kenya, Laccadives, Maldives, Mauritius ( Børgesen, 1943: 53–54, figure 24; Ballesteros, 1994: 538), Nicobar Islands, Réunion ( Payri, 1985: 640), Rodrigues (this paper), South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania.

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).