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

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162305

Publication date:

28.6.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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