DUMONTIACEAE, Bory, 1828

de Clerck, Olivier, Coppejans, Eric, Schils, Tom, Verbruggen, Heroen, Leliaert, Frederik, de Vriese, Thomas & Marie, Daniel, 2004, The marine red algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean), Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3021-3057 : 3031

DUMONTIACEAE

Dudresnaya P. Crouan and H. Crouan

* Dudresnaya hawaiiensis Lee, 1963: 315–319 , figures 1 –12 References: Robins and Kraft, 1985: 15, figures 44–89; Norris, 1992: 3–5,

figures 7 –10; Abbott, 1999: 106, figure 21A–C; Huisman, 2000: 75; Payri et al.,

2000: 212, figure p. 213; Littler and Littler, 2003: 72, middle figure p. 73.

Type locality. Honolulu , Oahu, Hawaiian Islands .

Vouchers. HEC 14710 (zF), 20 September 2001 ; HEC 14873, 1 October 2001 , Totor (s.s. 9).

Ecology. On coral rubble on the silty reef slope or silty bottom, between 10 and 13 m depth.

Indian Ocean distribution. Rodrigues (this paper), South Africa.

Figures

FIGS 1–7. Rhodophytes. (1) Gracilaria corticata (HEC 14627). (2) Renouxia antillana (HEC 14804). (3) Platoma cyclocolpa (HEC 14805). (4) Titanophora pikeana (HEC 14875). (5, 6) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 14876): (5) general morphology; (6) serrate margin. (7) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 15134b): cross-section showing cortex and medulla with densely stained ganglionic cells. Scale bars: 1 cm (1, 3, 4); 2 cm (2, 5); 5 mm (6); 50 Mm (7).