Algal* Biodiversity

Guam / Mariana Islands / Micronesia

(*Also including the sea grasses and a few heterotrophic protists, etc)

I. Marine macro- and microalgae
Click here for freshwater algae and pond life

Download 2003 checklist or 2006 update/keys from Micronesica web site or see update as html.

The systematics on these pages have been updated to reflect the classification proposed by the
International Society of Protistologists (Adl et al. 2005, J. Euk. Microbiol. 54: 399-451 -- free download).
Check latest nomenclature on AlgaeBase! (opens in new window)


Cyanophyta index to genera pages
Cyanophyta key to genera

ARCHAEPLASTIDA*

Rhodophyta index to genera pages
Rhodophyta key to genera

Chloroplastida

Chlorophyta index to genera pages
Chlorophyta key to genera (siphonous section corrected Apr. 07)

Magnoliophyta index to genera pages

 

CHROMALVEOLATA

Heterokontophyta (stramenopiles) index to genera pages
Heterokontophyta key to genera

Bacillariophyta: Marine diatoms list
Transitioning diatom site to ProtistCentral:
Western Pacific Marine Diatoms project site on ProtistCentral

Alveolata: Benthic marine dinoflagellates and ciliates

 

HAPTOPHYTA

Checklist for Palau lagoons, from Konno & Jordan 2006

OPISTHOKONTA

Anything else

 

Yap collection, 2005

 

 New records and name changes since Lobban & N'Yeurt 2006

 

Deep stuff

collected by Jeff Mahon & Lee Goldman, ~250 ft

Cladophoropsis sp.?
Pseudocodium okinawensis
Gibsmithia dotyi
Peysonnelia sp.
Crouania sp.

Major references cited

 

Much of the macro- and microphotography on this web site was carried out with equipment funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences as part of the University of Guam RISE (Research Initiative in Scientific Excellence) program.

Lobban, Schefter & Schils photo

updated August 2008.