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Corallinales Corallinaceae 3 3

Gigartinales Gigartinaceae 1 1

Cystocloniaceae 1 4

Rhodymeniales Champiaceae 1 1

Lomentariaceae 1 3

Ceramiales Ceramiaceae 1 1

Rhodomelaceae 2 2

Total 27 57

Ulva linza, Ulva prolifera, Chaetomorpha linum, Acrocladus herpesticus, Bryopsis plumosa,

Dictyopteris australis, Padina boergesenii, Padina boryana, Padina pavonica, Gelidium
micropterum, Gracilaria corticata var. cylindrica, Hypnea cervicornis, Hypnea esperi, Jania

spectabile, Ceratodictyon intricatum are the taxon reported for the first time from the

coastline of entire Andhra Pradesh. Hence, the 15 taxa are treated as the new additions to the
algal flora of Andhra Pradesh, India (Table – II & Fig. – 3).

DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
The present study highlights the maximum diversity of marine macroalgae as

compared to the earlier investigation carried out by various researchers such as Sreeramulu
(1952 & 1953); Subba Rao et al., (1983); Rao & et al., (2008); Satya Rao et al., 2011);

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