A Checklist of the Benthic Marine Algae Known to Puerto Rico, Second Revision
III. Chlorophyta
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Chlorophyta
Chlorophyceae
Tetrasporales
Palmellopsidaceae
Pseudotetraspora marina Wille (73)
[P. antillarum (1)]
Verdigellas fimbriata D.L.Ballant. & J.N.Norris (105)
V. peltata D.L.Ballant. & J.N.Norris (105)
Ctenocladales
Ulvellaceae
Entocladia viridis Reinke
Pringsheimiella scutata (Reinke) Höhn ex Marchew. (34)
Ulvella lens P.Crouan & H.Crouan
Phaeophilales
Phaeophilaceae
Phaeophila dendroides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Batters
Ulvales
Gomontiaceae
Gomontia polyrhiza (Lagerh.) Bornet & Flahault
Ulvaceae
Enteromorpha chaetomorphoides Børgesen
E. clathrata (Roth) Grev.
E. compressa (L.) Nees (19)
E. flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh (106)
E. intestinalis (L.) Nees
E. lingulata J.Agardh
Ulva fasciata Delile
U. lactuca L.
U. rigida C.Agardh (34)
[U. lactuca v. rigida (1)]
Cladophorales
Anadyomenaceae
Anadyomene lacerata D.Littler & Littler (107)
A. saldanhae A.B.Joly & E.C.Oliveira (107)
A. stellata (Wulfen) C.Agardh
Microdictyon boergesenii Setch.
Boodleaceae
Boodlea composita (Harv.) F.Brand
B. struveoides M.Howe (2)
Phyllodictyon anastomosans (Harv.) Kraft & M.J.Wynne (108)
[Struvea anastomosans (1)]
P. pulcherrimum J.E.Gray (109)
[Struvea ramosa (1)]
Struvea elegans Børgesen
Cladophoraceae
Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kütz.
C. antennina (Bory) Kütz.
[C. media (1)]
C. brachygona Harv.
C. clavata Kütz.
C. crassa (C.Agardh) Kütz. (2)
C. linum (O.F.Müll.) Kütz.
Cladophora catenata (L.) Kütz.
[C. fuliginosa (1)]
C. coelothrix Kütz.
[C. repens (1)]
C. conferta P.Crouan & H.Crouan (110)
[C. uncinata (1)]
C. dalmatica Kütz. (110)
C. laetevirens (Dillwyn) Kütz. (110)
[C. utriculosa (1)]
C. montagneana Kütz.
[C. delicatula (1)]
C. prolifera (Roth) Kütz.
C. socialis Kütz. (111)
C. submarina P.Crouan & H.Crouan
[C. luteola (1)]
C. vagabunda (L.) C.Hoek
[C. fascicularis (1)]
Rhizoclonium africanum Kütz.
[R. hookeri (1)]
R. riparium (Roth) Kütz ex Harv. var. implexum (Dillwyn) Rosenv.
[R. kerneri (1)]
Siphonocladaceae
Chamaedoris peniculum (Sol.) Endl.
Cladophoropsis macromeres W.R.Taylor
C. membranacea (C. Agardh) Børgesen
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forssk.) Børgesen
D. ocellata (M.Howe) J.L.Olsen (112)
[Valonia ocellata (1)]
D. versluysii Weber van Bosse
[D. vanbosseae (1)]
Siphonocladus tropicus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) J.Agardh
Ventricaria ventricosa (J.Agardh) J.L.Olsen & J.A.West (113)
[Valonia ventricosa (1)]
Valoniaceae
Ernodesmis verticillata (Kütz.) Børgesen
Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh
V. macrophysa Kütz.
V. utricularis (Roth) C.Agardh
Bryopsidales
Bryopsidaceae
Bryopsis hypnoides J.V.Lamour.
B. pennata J.V.Lamour.
B. plumosa (Huds.) C.Agardh
Derbesia vaucheriaeformis (Harv.) J.Agardh
Pseudobryopsis blomquistii Díaz-Pif. (114)
Trichosolen duchassaingii (J.Agardh) W.R.Taylor (115)
[Bryopsis duchassaingii (1)]
T. longipedicellata (H.L.Blomq. & Díaz-Pif.) D.M.John (116)
Caulerpaceae
Caulerpa ashmeadii Harv.
C. cupressoides (H.West) C.Agardh
C. fastigiata Mont.
C. lanuginosa J.Agardh
C. mexicana Sonder ex Kütz.
C. microphysa (Weber van Bosse) Feldmann
C. prolifera (Forssk.) J.V.Lamour.
C. pusilla (Kütz.) J.Agardh
C. racemosa (Forssk.) J.Agardh (117)
C. serrulata (Forssk.) J.Agardh
C. sertularioides (S.G.Gmel.) M.Howe
C. taxifolia (H. West) C.Agardh
C. verticillata J.Agardh
C. webbiana Mont.
Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme & Lokhorst (118)
[Caulerpa vickersiae (1)]
Chaetosiphonaceae
Blastophysa rhizopus Reinke (2)
Codiaceae
Codium decorticatum (Woodw.) M.Howe
C. intertextum Collins & Herv.
C. isthmocladum Vickers
C. repens P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex Vickers
C. taylorii P.C.Silva
Ostreobiaceae
Ostreobium constrictum Lukas (34)
O. quekettii Bornet & Flahault
Udoteaceae
Avrainvillea asarifolia Børgesen
A. digitata D.Littler & Littler (119)
A. elliotii A.Gepp & E.Gepp
A. fenicalii D.Littler, Littler & M.Hay f. flabellifolia D.Littler & Littler & M.Hay (119)
A. fulva (M.Howe) D.Littler & Littler (119)
[A. nigricans f. fulva (1)]
A. levis M.Howe
A. longicaulis (Kütz.) G.Murray & Boodle
A. nigricans Decne.
A. rawsonii (Dickie) M.Howe
A. silvana D.Littler & Littler (119)
Boodleopsis pusilla (Collins) W.R.Taylor, A.B.Joly & Bernat.
Cladocephalus luteofuscus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Børgesen
Halimeda copiosa Goreau & E.A.Graham (120)
H. cryptica Colinvaux & E.A.Graham (120)
H. discoidea Decne.
H. goreauii W.R.Taylor
[H. opuntia f. minor (1)]
H. gracilis Harv. ex J.Agardh
H. hummii D.L.Ballant. (120)
H. incrassata (J.Ellis) J.V.Lamour.
H. monile (J.Ellis & Sol.) J.V.Lamour.
H. opuntia (L.) J.V.Lamour.
H. simulans M.Howe
H. tuna (J.Ellis & Sol.) J.V.Lamour.
Penicillus capitatus Lam.
P. dumetosus (J.V.Lamour.) Blainv.
P. lamourouxii Decne.
P. pyriformis A.Gepp & E.Gepp
Rhipidosiphon floridensis D.Littler & Littler (121)
Rhipilia tomentosa Kütz.
Rhipiliopsis profunda (Eiseman & S.A.Earle ) J.N.Norris & Blair (37)
R. stri (S.A.Earle & J.R.Young) Farghaly & Denizot (122)
Rhipocephalus phoenix (J.Ellis & Sol.) Kütz.
Udotea abbottiorum D.Littler & Littler (123)
U. conglutinata (J.Ellis & Sol.) J.V.Lamour.
U. cyathiformis Decne. (124)
U. dixonii D.Littler & Littler (123)
U. dotyi D.Littler & Littler (123)
U. flabellum (J.Ellis & Sol.) J.V.Lamour.
U. goreaui D.Littler & Littler (123)
U. occidentalis A.Gepp & E.Gepp
U. spinulosa M.Howe
U. wilsonii A.Gepp, E.Gepp & M.Howe
Dasycladales
Dasycladaceae
Batophora oerstedii J.Agardh
Cymopolia barbata (L.) J.V.Lamour.
Dasycladus vermicularis (Scop.) Krasser
Neomeris annulata Dickie
Polyphysaceae
Acetabularia calyculus J.V.Lamour.
A. crenulata J.V.Lamour.
A. polyphysoides P.Crouan & H.Crouan (125)
A. pusilla (M.Howe) Collins (126)
Acicularia shenckii (K.Möbius) Solms
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