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GLOSSOPHORELLA, A NEW GENUS OF THE FAMILY DICTYOTACEAE (DICTYOTALES-PHAEOPHYTA) AND ITS ECOWGY FROM THE COAST OF THE SULTANATE OF OMAN

MOHAMMED NIZAMUDDIN* AND ANDREW C. CAMPBELL

Abstract: The new genus Glossophorella Nizam. et Campbell is described which comprises two species viz., G. coriacea (Holmes) Nizam. Comb. nov. from Japan and the Pacific coast of U.S.A. and G. dhofarensis Nizam. et Campbell sp. nov. from the coast of the Sultanate of Oman. The genus is characterized by distromatic or polystromatic cortex and distromatic medulla throughout the thallus near the margins.

School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, Mile End Road, London EI 4NS, UK.
M.A.H. Qadri Biological Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.