Comprehensive Description
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Liagora valida Harvey
St. John: 8, 67–469, attached to rocks in shallow water.
L. decussata Montagne
St. Paul: 11, 67–327, frequent on rocks in shallow water.
St. John: 9, 67–501, abundant in patches on rocks off the sandy beach.
It was a particular piece of good fortune to find this very striking species on Dominica, for it has seldom been collected: on Jamaica (for Phyc. Bor.-Amer. no. 89 by Pease and Butler), on Guadeloupe (Crouan) and on St. Vincent (the type-locality).
- bibliographic citation
- Taylor, William Randolph and Rhyne, Charles F. 1970. "Marine Algae of Dominica." Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.3