TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF MARINE MACROBENTHIC ALGAE FOUND IN THE BEACHES OF SAN JOAQUIN, ILOILO

Lisls Victoria Estilo, Charisse Mae Orzales, Jusal Quanico ( February 1999 )

ABSTRACT

This research paper is about the accounts on the taconomic classification of marine macobenthic algae found in the beaches of San Joaquin, Iloilo.

O the ten algae specimens obtained from five study sites, seven were possibly identified and classified. They are as follows: from Division Rhodophyta- Actinotrichia fragilis ( Forsska ) Borgesen, Galaxaura oblongata ( Ellis and Solander ) Lamouroux, and Gracilaria arcuata; from Division Chlorophyta- Neomeris annulata, and Halimeda simulans; and Sargassum polycystum and Turbinaria oblongata from Division Phaephyta.

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