First Record Of Predaea Ollivieri (Nemastomataceae, Rhodophyta) In Apulia (Southern Italy)
First Record Of Predaea Ollivieri (Nemastomataceae, Rhodophyta) In Apulia (Southern Italy)
The first records of Predaea ollivieri from the Apulian coasts are reported. Such records extend the distribution area of this Mediterrancan species to the southern Adriatic Sea, where it was previously known only from Yugoslavia and the Gulf of Trieste, and to the northern lonian Sea, A brief deseription of vegetative, female and cystocarpic characters of Apulian specimens is given too.