Table 1 Seasonality of macroalgae at three shore levels in the eastern coasts of Qeshm Island (2012–2013). Superscripts indicate the site(s) that the species has found

  Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C. Agardh^b

x

x

x

  Caulerpa sertularioides (S.G. Gmelin) M. Howe forma farlowii (Weber-Van Bosse) Børgesen^c

x

x

x

x

x

  Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh^b

x

  Chaetomorpha sp. ^b

x

  Cladophora sp. ^b

x

x

x

x

x

  Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forskål) Børgesen^a

x

x

x

  Valoniopsis pachynema (G.Martens) Børgesen^a

x

x

x

x

x

  Ulva fasciata Delile^b

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus^b

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Ulva lactuca Linnaeus^b

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Canistrocarpus cervicornis (Kützing) De Paula & De Clerck^b

x

  Dictyota friabilis Setchell^c

x

  Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux^b

x

x

x

  Padina australis Hauck^c

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Padina tetrastromatica Hauck^c

x

x

x

x

x

  Padina sp. ^c

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Turbinaria ornata (Turner) J. Agardh^a

x

  Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbes et Solier^a

x

x

  Iyengaria stellata (Børgesen) Børgesen^a

x

  Ceramium sp. ^b

x

x

  Centroceras clavulatum (C. Agardh) Montagne^b

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Acanthophora spicifera (M. Vahl) Børgesen^b

x

x

x

  Chondria sp. ^b

x

x

x

  Laurencia spp. ^c

x

x

x

x

x

  Leveillea jungermannioides (Hering & Martens) Harvey^a

x

  Palisada perforata (Bory) K.W. Nam^a

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey^b

x

  Jania sp. ^a

x

  Gelidiella acerosa (Forsskål) Feldmann & G. Hamel^a

x

  Hypnea charoides J.V. Lamouroux^b

x

x

  Hypnea cornuta (Kützing) J. Agardh^b

x

x

x

x

x

  Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V. Lamouroux^b

x

x

x

  Hypnea spinella (C. Agardh) Kützing^b

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Hypnea valentia (Turner) Montagne^b

x

x

  Sarconema filiforme (Sonder) Kylin^b

x

x

x

x

x

  Solieria robusta (Greville) Kylin^b

x

x

x

  Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini^a

x

x

x

x

  Gracilaria canaliculata Sonder^a

x

x

x

x

  Gracilaria corticata (J. Agardh) J. Agardh^a

x

x

  Gracilariopsis sp. ^b

x

x

  Champia spp. ^b

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  Ceratodictyon variabile (J. Agardh) R.E. Norris^a

x

x

x

x