
A comprehensive checklist of the marine flora from Faial Island, mid-north Atlantic, is still unavailable, despite the numerous works that gathered data around its coasts for over 150 years. This study brings together and harmonises all macroalgae collections and taxonomical records from multiple projects and teams over the last thirty years.The result is a list of taxonomic records and georeferenced species occurrence data that substantially increases our knowledge of the coastal Azorean marine biodiversity while providing key information for future ecological studies and to support local, marine management and conservation.A total of 2283 specimens belonging to 118 taxa of macroalgae are registered here, comprising 61 Rhodophyta, 26 Chlorophyta, 30 Ochrophyta (Phaeophyceae) and one Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria). From these, 26 taxa are identified only at the genus level and 92 to species level (47 Rhodophyta, 21 Chlorophyta and 24 Ochrophyta). The list comprises 75 native species, 12 records of uncertain origin and five introductions (Caulerpa prolifera(Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux,Caulerpa webbianaMontagne,Hydroclathrus tilesii(Endlicher) Santiañez & M.J.Wynne,Asparagopsis armataHarvey andSymphyocladia marchantioides(Harvey) Falkenberg).Codium elisabethiaeO.C.Schmidt represents the only Macaronesian endemism known on the Island. Twenty-three species are newly recorded to the algal flora of the Island.
macroalgae, QH301-705.5, taxonomical records, Georeferenced Occurrence Data, new records, geor, Taxonomical Records, New Records, Data Paper (Biosciences), georeferenced occurrence data, Macroalgae, Biology (General)
macroalgae, QH301-705.5, taxonomical records, Georeferenced Occurrence Data, new records, geor, Taxonomical Records, New Records, Data Paper (Biosciences), georeferenced occurrence data, Macroalgae, Biology (General)
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