New marine algal records from the Arabian Gulf coastline of Kuwait

الملخص EN

During 2014-2016, a project was launched to update and examine the current status of five phyla of benthic marine algae and epiphytic diatoms and marine Tracheophyta thriving along the coastal area of Kuwait.

As a result, 173 species of algae were collected and identified.

Fourteen new records of algal species for Kuwait, including 2 species as new records from the Arabian Gulf, are here reported for the first time.

These species are assigned to the Chlorophyta (4), Ochrophyta (1), Rhodophyta (5), and Cyanobacteria (4).

One species of marine angiosperm from the Kuwait coastal line is also found first.

Five algal species collected from Kuwait coastal line remain unidentified.