A checklist of marine algae of eastern Canada, second revision

Abstract

A revised checklist of 354 species, subspecies, and varieties of benthic marine algae from eastern Canada is given, consisting of 128 Rhodophyceae, 128 Phaeophyceae, 90 Chlorophyceae, 7 species of Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae), and 1 of Phaeosaccion (Chrysophyceae). Records for the entire coastline from Cape Chidley, Labrador, in the north to the New Brunswick – Maine border in the south are included, as well as from Anticosti Island, Magdalen Island, Sable Island, and St. Pierre and Miquelon. Additions include Waerniella lucifuga (Kuck.) Kylin; Phloeospora curta (Fosl.) Jaasund; Striaria attenuata (Grev.) Grev.; Fucus distichus L. subsp. anceps (Harv. et Ward ex Carm.) Powell (Phaeophyta); Pilinia ? rimosa Kütz.; and Tellamia contorta Batt. (Chlorophyta).