Occurrence of Hydroclathrus tenuis Tseng and Baoren, (Phaeophyta) from Gulf of Kutch, northwest coast of India
Abstract
Hydroclathrus tenuis (C. Agardh), a marine brown alga was considered to be a monotypic, till H. tenuis Tseng and Baoren was reported during 1983 from south China Sea. Recently the same alga was noticed to be abundant from Kalubhar Island in the Gulf of Kutch (India), during February-March 1994. A few ecological and relevant taxonomical observations made on the alga have been described here, which is incidently the first record from the Indian Ocean.
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