Dictyota adnata Zanardini (Phaeophyceae) - A new record from the Sundarbans mangrove forests, Bangladesh

Authors

  • Md Ariful Islam Aquatic Botany Laboratory, Department of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
  • Md Rashedul Islam Fisheries & Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
  • Abdul Aziz Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Lawrence M Liao Aquatic Botany Laboratory, Department of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v49i2.49323

Keywords:

Brown algae, Epiphyte, Phycology, Taxonomy, A new record

Abstract

Samples were collected from Arpangasia and Kholpetua rivers within the Sundarbans in Bangladesh during February to March and December 2018. Among several forms was found a tightly prostrate brown alga occurring on moist parts of mangrove plants and clayey soil. Flattened brownish thalli tightly attached to pneumatophores and lower parts of mangrove trunks, spreading and branching dichotomously, sometimes overlapping and attached by means of unbranched marginal and sub-marginal rhizoids were collected. Distinct marginal sori are well developed in fertile specimens. On the basis of these characters, the sample has been identified as Dictyota adnata Zanardini which is herein reported as a new record for Bangladesh.

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Published

2020-09-20

How to Cite

Islam, M. A., Islam, M. R., Aziz, A., & Liao, L. M. (2020). Dictyota adnata Zanardini (Phaeophyceae) - A new record from the Sundarbans mangrove forests, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 49(2), 407–412. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v49i2.49323

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Short Communications

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