Table 2 Updated species numbers of benthic marine algae and Cyanobacteria reported from all Central American countries (modified from Bernecker 2008, including also the data from Setchell and Mason (1943), Fernández and Cortés 2005, and Fernández 2008)
Taxonomic groups | Benthic marine algae | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chlorophyta | Heterokontophyta (Phaeophyceae, (Xanthophyceae) | Rhodophyta | Cyanobacteria | Total | Caribbean | Pacific | Both coasts | |
Costa Rica | 104 | 54 | 288 | 24 | 446 | 318 | 190 | 62 |
Panama | 107 | 43 | 103 | 7 | 253 | 175 | 103 | 25 |
Belize | 72 | 23 | 79 | 13 | 174 | 174 | – | – |
Honduras | 38 | 19 | 58 | 5 | 115 | 115 | – | – |
El Salvador | 18 | 8 | 67 | na | 93 | – | 93 | – |
Guatemala | 11 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 2 |
Nicaragua | 34 | 17 | 46 | 2 | 97 | 97 | na | na |