STUDY A NEW MACRO ALGAE OF MARINE GREEN IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ARABIAN GULF
Keywords:
Chlorophyta, Arabian Gulf, Iraq, macro algaeAbstract
This study was carried out to study species of marine green algae (Chlorophya) collected from six stations along, Iraqi coast in the north-west of Arabian Gulf, at different depths and seasons during the year 2013.Eighteen species of Chlorophyta were recorded during this work, twelve of them were recorded for the first time in Iraqi marine coastal water. Four species (Codium tomentosum, Monostroma grevillea, Prasiola calophylla, and Prasiola stipitata) are new for Arabian Gulf region.