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Table 5. Lower infralittoral communities
Number of transect
Depthinm
Per cent total cover (xlO)
Number of species per sample
Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson)
Lamouroux v. dichotoma
Codium bursa (Unnaeus) C. Agardh
Lithophyllum stictaeforme
(Arescholig) Hauck
Peyssonnelia squamaria (Gmelin) Decaisne
Peyssonnelia borneti; Boudouresque et
Deniwt
Halimeda tuna
(Ellis et Solander) Lamouroux
Womersleyella setacea
(Hollenberg) R.E. Norris
Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) J. Agardh
Unidentified encrusting Corallinaceae
Osmundaria volubilis (Linnaeus) R.E. Norris
Codium vermilara (OlivO Delle Chiaje
Aglaothamnion sp.
Peyssonnelia polymorpha
(Zanardini) Schmitz
Neogoniolithon brassica-florida
(Harvey) Setchell et Mason
Botryocladia boergesenii J. Feldmann
Peyssonnelia rosa-marina
Boudouresque et Denizot
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse
Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C. Agardh
Lithophyllum pustulatum
(Lamouroux) Foslie
Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kiitzing
Botryocladia botryoitks
(Wulfen) J. Feldmann
Polysiphonia furcellata
(C. Agardh) Harvey
Herposiphonia secunda
(C. Agardh) Ambronn
Polysiphonia denudata (Dillwyn) Greville
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
(Stackhouse) Collins et Hervey
Rodriguezella pinnata
(Kiitzing) Schmitz ex Falkenberg
Ceramium bertholdi; Funk
Lobophora variegata
(Lamouroux) Womersley ex Oliveira
Valonia utricularis (Roth) C. Agardh
Antithamnion cruciatum
(C. Agardh) Niigeli
Hydrolithon boreale (Foslie) Chamberlain
Lomentaria chylocladiella Funk
Nereia filiformis (J. Agardh) Zanardini
Polysiphonia elongata (Hudson) Sprengel
Number of species per sample
not reported in the table
5 12 16 3 6 7 11 1 4 2 8 9 1013 3 15 14 6 11 1 4 8 10 13
13 1414 15 15 15 15 16 18202020 202022222324242525303030
10 101010lO101O1010lO1010 10lO101010WWWI0 W1OlO
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