Macroalgal diversity of Santa Cesarea-Castro (Salento Peninsula, southeastern Italy)

Authors

  • Antonella Bottalico Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “A. Moro”
  • Giuseppina Alongi Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania
  • Cesira Perrone Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “A. Moro”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2412

Keywords:

Apulia, biodiversity, Liagora ceranoides, macroalgae, marine caves, tropicalisation

Abstract


The benthic macroalgal flora from the eastern Ionian coastal area of the Peninsula Salentina is scarcely studied. This study gives a contribution to the knowledge on its biodiversity in this area, which also includes marine caves, and the geographical distribution of some interesting species. A total of 174 macroalgae (119 Rhodophyta, 27 Ochrophyta, and 28 Chlorophyta) were identified. Six species are first records for the region, one of which, Liagora ceranoides, represents a new record for the Italian flora. The vegetation of most of the wave-exposed rocky substrata, as well as of the two sulphureous caves at Santa Cesarea Terme is characterised by extensive populations of Corallinales. The chorological spectrum of the flora shows a high occurrence of Indo-Pacific and Circumtropical elements, thus resulting more similar to that of floras of the Greek Ionian Sea.

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2016-12-30

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Bottalico, A., Alongi, G., & Perrone, C. (2016). Macroalgal diversity of Santa Cesarea-Castro (Salento Peninsula, southeastern Italy). Anales Del Jardín Botánico De Madrid, 73(2), e042. https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2412

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