North Carolina marine algae. II. New records and observations of the benthic offshore flora

Abstract

Twenty new records from North Carolina are reported including four species of green algae, two species of brown algae, and fourteen species of red algae. Nineteen of these collections constitute the northernmost records of these species, though most are found in the Bermudian flora. The other new record, that of Gigartina stellata (Stackhouse) Batters, represents a new southern extension for this northern species. Two previously questionable records and one species known only from shallow water in North Carolina are verified as members of the deep water offshore flora. A clarification of the records of Agardhiella tenera (J. Agardh) Schmitz in this area is given.