ABSTRACT
The aim of this work was to determine the frequency of different reproductive phases and to induce the germination of spores from tetrasporic and cystocarpic Gracilariopsis tenuifrons from Chacopata and La Peña,Venezuela, under controlled laboratory conditions (temperature 22 ±1 ºC,12L:12D photoperiod,salinity of 36 ±1 PSU and irradiance of 269 µE m-2 s-1).Tetrasporic individuals dominated numerically over gametophitic individuals. The proportion of vegetative algae was very low.Only cystocarpic algae were collected and the spermatangia were absent.Sporulation,germination and formation of algae suggest that they present a Polysiphonia-type life cycle.Algae with reproductive structures were not obtained in the laboratory
Subject(s)
Animals , Rhodophyta/growth & development , Germination/physiology , In Vitro Techniques , Life Cycle Stages/physiology , Spores/physiology , Photoperiod , Population Dynamics , Reproduction/physiology , Sodium Chloride/analysis , Time Factors , VenezuelaABSTRACT
The marine algal flora from the eastern coast of Mochima National Park, Sucre, Venezuela was studied with a total of 51 taxa identified, including eight new additions of red algae which are Erythrotrichia carnea (Dillwyn) J. Agardh, Sahlingia subintegra (Rosenvinge) Kornmann, Liagora ceranoides Lamouroux, Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan, Dasya corymbifera J. Agardh, Chondria dasyphylla (Woodward) C. Agardh, Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella (C. Agardh) M.J. Wynne and Polysiphonia subtilissima Montagne. Morphological and anatomical aspects of the specimens are described and illustrated.