New records of the genus Lobophora (Dictyotales: Phaeophyceae) for the marine flora of Cuba and their distribution in the Greater Caribbean Sea

To date, 18 species of the algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) have been reported for Greater Caribbean Sea. Nevertheless, only 2 recorded marine flora Cuba, variegata and canariensis (as Aglaozonia ). update knowledge about this in an exhaustive morphological study was performed using macroalgae collected from Western Cuba: Ecological Reserve Los Pretiles (Pinar del Río Province; May 2011), Gulf Guanahacabibes June 2014) Calle 16 beach (La Habana April 2019). The found were: L. canariensis, declerckii, guadeloupensis, littlerorum . identified were deposited Cuban National Aquarium Herbarium (HANC). Morphological descriptions material are here presented. In addition, distribution these Sea is undertaken. We report first time guadeloupensis Antilles. These new records increase specific richness Cuba expand range