%0 Journal Article %A Shao-Lun Liu and Wei-Lung Wang %T Two New Members of Freshwater Red Algae in Taiwan: Compsopogon tenellus Ling et Xie and C. chalybeus Kützing (Compsopogonaceae, Rhodophyta) %D 2004 %J Taiwania %V 49 %N 1 %P 32-38 %U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/12 %X Two freshwater red algae, Compsopogon tenellus Ling et Xie and C. chalybeus Kützing, are first reported to the freshwater algal flora of Taiwan. In this study, we describe in detail the morphology of them and compare the ecological differences of their habitats. Both of them were found in clear, warm (24-27 °C) and running stream in low altitude plain areas of southern Taiwan. %M doi:10.6165/tai.2004.49(1).32