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TWO BROWN ALGAE FROM THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Microcoryne ocellata STROMFELT AND Corynophlaea flaccida (C. AGARDH) KUTZING

  • 1. Celal Bayar Univ, Fac Arts & Sci, Dept Biol, TR-45140 Muradiye, Manisa, Turkey
  • 2. Univ Catania, Dept Bot, I-95125 Catania, Italy

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The finding of both Microcotyne ocellata Stromfelt and Corynophlaea flaccida (C. Agardh) Kutzing from Turkey and North Cyprus (Mediterranean Sea) is reported. A comparison between both taxa, often confused by some authors, is given. This is the first documented record of the cold-temperate species M ocellata from the Mediterranean Sea. A taxonomic comment on C. flaccida, an endemic species in the Mediterranean Sea, is also given.

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