Table 1: Classification and sampling for eleven macroalgae studied in Fernando de Noronha archipelago, of northeastern Brazil.

Divisions and species Site Chlorophyta  Caulerpa verticillata (J. Agardh, 1847) S Rhodophyta  Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de  Saint-Léon, 1845 S  Dictyurus occidentalis (J. Agardh, 1847) C  Galaxaura rugosa (J. Ellis & Solander) J. V.  Lamouroux, 1816 C  Galaxaura obtusata (J. Ellis & Solander) J. V.  Lamouroux, 1816 C  Galaxaura marginata (J. Ellis & Solander) J. V.  Lamouroux, 1816 C Phaeophyta  Dictyota cervicornis (Kützing, 1859) S  Dictyopteris justii (J. V. Lamouroux, 1809) S  Dictyopteris plagiogramma (Montagne) Vickers, 1905 C  Padina gymnospora (Kützing) Sonder, 1871 C  Sargassum sp. (C. Agardh, 1820) S

S: Sueste; C: Caieiras.