Acta Adriatica, Vol. 57 No. 1, 2016.
Short communication, Note
First report of the epizoic red alga Polysiphonia carettia (Hollenberg, 1971) on the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in the Adriatic Sea
Claudio BATTELLI
; National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia ZRSŠ, Cankar 5, 6000 Koper, Slovenia
Fabio RINDI
; Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Abstract
The authors report the first record of the red alga Polysiphonia carettia (Hollenberg, 1971) in the Adriatic Sea, collected from two loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta captured along the coast of the Savudrija peninsula (Croatia, Northern Adriatic Sea). The identification of the samples is based on both vegetative and reproductive tetrasporangial features. The morphological characters of the specimens studied are in agreement with previous reports of this species from other parts of the Mediterranean Sea.
Keywords
Polysiphonia carettia; epibionts; sea turtles; Caretta caretta; Adriatic Sea
Hrčak ID:
162305
URI
Publication date:
28.6.2016.
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