Revision of the Red Algal Genus Galaxaura with Special Reference to the Species Occurring in the Western Indian Ocean
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1982
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Botanica marina
Abstract
A study of Galaxaura (Nemaliales, Chaetangiaceae) from Hast Africa (especially Tanzania,
Mozambique, South Africa and Malagasy Republic) and Mauritius has revealed that the
following nine taxa are represented: G. diesingiana Zanardini, G. fasciculata Kjellman, G.
lapidescens (Ellis et Solander) Lamouroux, G. lenta Kjellman, G. margifiata (Ellis et Solander)
Lamouroux, G, oblongata (Ellis et Solander) Lamouroux, G. obtusata (Ellis et Solander)
Lamouroux, G. rugosa (Ellis et Solander) Lamouroux and G, subverticillata Kjellman. The
species recognized include seven of the 62 treated by Kjeilman in 1900 and two species not
treated by him. The nine species encompass 38 species reported by various authors for the
region. A key to the species, comments on their morphology, illustrations of their growth habit
and structure, and discussions of their taxonomy and nomenclature are presented.
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Red Algal Genus Galaxaura, Western Indian Ocean
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Papenfuss, G.F., Mshigeni, K.E. and Chiang, Y.M., 1982. Revision of the red algal genus Galaxaura with special reference to the species occurring in the western Indian Ocean. Botanica marina, 25(9), pp.401-444.