%0 Journal Article %T Boodlea composita (Harv.) F.Brand (Chlorophyta) no litoral nordeste do Brasil %A Alves %A Aigara Miranda %A Gestinari %A L¨ªsia M£¿nica de Souza %A Andrade %A Neilton Argolo de %A Almeida %A Wellington Romualdo de %A Moura %A Carlos Wallace do Nascimento %J Acta Botanica Brasilica %D 2012 %I Sociedade Bot?nica do Brasil %R 10.1590/S0102-33062012000200023 %X this study reports the first occurrence of boodlea composita (harv.) f.brand (chlorophyta) to the northeastern coast of brazil and the second record for the brazilian coast. the material was collected along the coast of bahia (08o20'07"-18o20'07''s and 30o20'37"-46o36'59"w). the distribution of b. composita was expanded along the coast of brazil, since this was known only to the southeast, specifically to cabo frio, rio de janeiro. in american atlantic, b. composita presents northern limit of distribution in bermuda and southern limit at rio de janeiro. %K bahia %K boodlea %K boodleaceae %K chlorophyta %K northeastern coast of brazil. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-33062012000200023&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en