Norma López

• Biodiversity Journal, 13 (4): 0761-0766

  Norma López & Carlos Candelaria-Silva
  The unusual occurrence of Chaetomorpha antennina (Bory) Kützing, 1847 (Chlorophyta Cladophoraceae) in a sublittoral rocky reef of the Mexican tropical Pacific marine ecoregion: significant expansion of their ecogeographic range
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2022.13.4.761.766

  ABSTRACT
  This is the first record of Chaetomorpha antennina (Bory) Kützing, 1847 (Chlorophyta Cladophoraceae) from a deep rocky reef of the Mexican tropical Pacific marine ecoregion, a chlorophyte which had been reported only from intertidal and shallow subtidal zones. C. antennina of Sacramento reef in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, is smaller than had been previously reported. Extension of variation intervals of this species collected 18–20 m depth suggests that other factors such as hydrodynamic forces and light reduction in deep environments may have a relevant role in its morphological plasticity.

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