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Algologia 2013, 23(4): 450–460
https://doi.org/10.15407/alg23.04.450
Flora and Geography

Species diversity of microphytobenthos of the Red sea

Gerasimiuk V.P.1, Kovtun O.A.2
Abstract

We registered 289 species of algae, belonging to 98 genera, 51 families, 32 orders, 8 classes and 4 divisions in microphytobenthos of the Red Sea near Hurgada city. One hundred species of them were new for the algae flora of the Red Sea. Many of species belong to Bacillariophyta (268 species), Cyanophyta (15), Dinophyta (5) and Chrysophyta (1) algae.

Keywords: algae, species diversity, microphytobenthos, the Red Sea

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