Table 1 Distribution and known host algae of all species of Biancolina. References are publications that include information on the macroalgal species inhabited by each species of Biancolina
Species | Type locality | Distribution | Host algae | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B. algicola Della Valle 1893 | Bay of Naples, Italy | Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Portugal | Cystoseira amantacea, C. barbata, C. foeniculacea, C. sauvageauana, C. spinosa, C. tamariscifolia, Phyllophora sp. | Ruffo & Wieser 1951; Krapp-Shickel 1993; Pereira et al. 2006; Tsytsugina 2011; Uzunova 2011 |
B. australis Nicholls 1939 | Rottnest Island, Western Australia | Western Australia | ||
B. brassicacephala Lowry 1974 | Sargasso Sea | Gulf stream off south east USA, Sargasso Sea, Gulf of Mexico | Sargassum fluitans, S. natans | Fine 1970; Steele & Collard 1981; Stoner & Greening 1984; LeCroy 2002; Huffard et al. 2014 |
B. japonica Ishimaru 1996 | Sado Strait, Japan Sea | Japan, Australia | Sargassum horneri, S. ilicifolium, S. linearifolium, S. vestitum. | |
B. lowryi Ortiz & Lalana 1996 | Cayo Mendoza, Cuba | Cuba | Sargassum sp. | Ortiz & Lalana 1996 |
B. mauihina Barnard 1970 | Kawela Bay, Hawaii | Hawaii, Fiji, Moluccas | Sargassum sp., Turbinaria sp., Ulva sp. | Barnard 1970; Ledoyer 1979; Myers 1985 |
B. obstusata Tzvetkova 1976 | Possjet Bay | Sea of Japan | Cystoseira hakodatensis | Tzvetkova & Kudrjashov 1985 |
Not identified to species | North Carolina, USA | Sargassum filipendula | Duffy 1990 | |
Japan | Sargassum confusum | Kito 1975 | ||
Florida, USA | Laurencia poiteaui | Lewis 1987 |